Integral and Semi-Integral Bridges
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Author(s): M. P. Burke
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9781405194181
Format: hardback
255pp
Price: £69.99
Review Date: 27 August 2009
Review: Integral bridges are single-span or continuous multiple-span bridges constructed without moveable transverse deck joints at piers or abutments. This, book by a practising bridge-design engineer, shows how the analytical complexity due to the elimination of moveable joints can be minimized to negligible levels so that most modern length bridges can be easily and quickly modified or replaced with either integral or semi-integral bridges. There are chapters on: integral bridges; bridge damage and the pavement G/P phenomena; genesis of integral bridges; cracking of concrete decks and other problems; semi-integral bridges; elementalistic and holistic views for the evaluation and design of structure movement systems; and awareness of reality in bridge design.