The Design of Modern Steel Bridges
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Author(s): S. Chatterjee
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
ISBN: 0632055111
Format: hardback
207pp
Price: £69.50
Review Date: 15 April 2003
Review: This book describes the problems associated with steel bridge building and explains the theories available to tackle these problems. It begins with a technological history, laying the foundations for today’s bridge-builders. It goes on to give the types and properties of steel, the loads on bridges, and the functional aims of design. This is followed by detailed guidance on the design of plate and box-girder bridges. The buckling behaviour of the components, the effects of geometrical imperfections and large-scale deflection behaviour, and the phenomena of post-buckling reserves are covered in detail. This edition includes a new chapter on cable-stayed bridges: their history and design.