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Section 1 Highway Bridges
1.1 USE AND FUNCTIONALITY
1.1.1 Terminology and Nomenclature
1. Superstructure
2. Substructure
3. Appurtenances and Site-Related Features
4. Miscellaneous Terms
1.1.2 Structure Types and Applications
1. Slab-on-Girder
2. One-Way Slab
3. Steel and Concrete Box Girder
4. Cable-Stayed
5. Suspension
6. Steel and Concrete Arch
7. Truss
1.2 ORIGINS OF THE MODERN HIGHWAY BRIDGE
1.3 BRIDGE DESIGNERS AND THEIR PROJECTS
1.4 THE BRIDGE ENGINEERING LEXICON
REFERENCES
Section 2 Project Inception
2.1 PROJECT FUNDING
2.1.1 User Fees
2.1.2 Nonuser Fees
2.1.3 Special Benefit Fees
2.1.4 Private Financing
2.1.5 Debt Financing
2.1.6 Conclusions
2.2 TYPES OF DESIGN STANDARDS
2.2.1 General Specifications
2.2.2 Material-Related Design Codes
1. Steel
2. Concrete
3. Timber
2.2.3 Use of Design Standards
2.3 SITE INSPECTION
2.3.1 The Qualifications of Inspectors
2.3.2 The Design Inspection
2.3.3 Recording the Inspection
2.3.4 Rating Substructure Elements
1. Joints
2. Bearings, Bridge Seats, and Pedestals
3. Concrete Elements
4. Steel Elements
5. Timber Elements
6. Embankment
2.3.5 Rating Superstructure Elements
1. Deck and Wearing Surface
2. Primary and Secondary Members
2.3.6 Rating Appurtenance and Site-Related Elements
1. Railing
2. Drainage Systems
3. Utilities
4. Lighting and Signing
2.3.7 Inspecting for Scour
1. The Channel
2. The Substructure
2.3.8 Conclusions
2.4 SITE SURVEY
2.4.1 Topography
2.4.2 Planimetry
2.4.3 Structure Features
2.5 PHYSICAL TESTING
2.5.1 Coring
2.5.2 Delamination Testing
2.5.3 Testing for Cover
2.5.4 Measuring Steel Thickness
2.5.5 Detecting Fatigue Cracks
2.6 THE INSPECTION TEAM
2.7 AS-BUILT PLANS AND OTHER RECORD DATA
2.7.1 Supplementing As-Built Plans
1. Guard Railing
2. Drainage Facilities
3. Traffic Barriers
4. Miscellaneous Elements
2.7.2 Other Sources
2.8 CONCLUSIONS
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Section 3 The Superstructure
3.1 SUPERSTRUCTURE TYPES
3.1.1 Steel Superstructures
1. Rolled Beam
2. Rolled Beam with Cover Plate
3. Plate Girder
4. Box Girder
5. Steel Rigid Strut Frame
6. Large Structures
3.1.2 Concrete Superstructures
1. Prestressed Concrete Girder
2. Concrete Box Girder
3. Concrete Slab
4. Adjacent Prestressed Slab
5. Concrete Rigid Frame
6. Concrete Strut Frame
7. Concrete Arch
3.1.3 Timber Superstructures
1. Glulam Timber
2. Stress-Laminated Timber Deck
3. Trestle
4. Truss
3.1.4 Secondary Members
1. Diaphragms
2. Lateral Bracing
3. Portal and Sway Bracing
3.2 DECK TYPES
3.2.1 Noncomposite and Composite Decks
3.2.2 Cast-in-Place Concrete Slab
3.2.3 Full-Depth Precast Concrete Panels
3.2.4 Partial-Depth Precast Concrete Panels
3.2.5 Steel Orthotropic Plate
3.2.6 Steel Grid
3.2.7 Timber
3.2.8 Corrugated Metal
3.2.9 Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP)
3.3 WEARING SURFACE TYPES
3.3.1 Asphalt Concrete
3.3.2 Polymer Modified Concrete
3.3.3 Micro-Silica Concrete
3.3.4 High-Performance Concrete
3.3.5 Integrated Wearing Surface
3.4 DECK JOINT TYPES
3.4.1 Open and Sealed Joints
3.4.2 Poured Joints
3.4.3 Compression Seal Joints
3.4.4 Strip Seal Joints
3.4.5 Modular Joints
3.4.6 Finger Plate Joints
3.4.7 Sliding Plate Joints
3.4.8 Conclusions
3.5 DESIGN LOADS
3.5.1 Background and History
3.5.2 Permanent Loads
1. Dead Load
2. Superimposed Dead Load
3. Pressures
4. Superimposed Deformations
3.5.3 Transient Loads
1. Vehicular Live Load
2. Pedestrian Load
3. Earthquake Loading
4. Wind Loading
5. Channel Forces
6. Braking Force
7. Centrifugal Forces
8. Dynamic Load Allowance
9. Construction Loads
3.5.4 Deformation and Response Loads
1. Shrinkage
2. Creep
3. Settlement
4. Uplift
5. Thermal Movement
3.5.5 Group Loading Combinations
1. AASHTO Standard Specifications
2. AASHTO LRFD Specifications
3.6 DESIGN METHODS
3.6.1 Working Stress Design
3.6.2 Limit States Design
3.6.3 Background and History
3.6.4 The Many Names of Working Stress and Limit States
1. Allowable Stress Design
2. Service Load Design
3. Load Factor Design.
4. Strength Design
5. Ultimate Strength
6. Load and Resistance Factor Design
3.7 INTERNAL FORCES
3.7.1 Bending Moment
3.7.2 Shear Force
3.7.3 Torsional Moment
3.7.4 Axial Force
3.8 LOAD DISTRIBUTION
3.8.1 How Loads Are Distributed
3.8.2 Different Types of Load Distribution
1. Interior Longitudinal Members
2. Exterior Longitudinal Members
3. Transverse Members
4. Adjacent Concrete Slabs (or Box Beams)
5. Other Multibeam Decks
6. Slab-Type Bridges
3.8.3 Conclusions
3.9 CONCRETE DECK SLABS
3.9.1 Equivalent Slab Strip
3.9.2 Calculation of Bending Moment
3.9.3 Distribution Reinforcement
3.9.4 Minimum Slab Thickness
3.9.5 Empirical Design Method
3.9.6 Slab Reinforcement Details
3.9.7 Construction, Rehabilitation, and Maintenance
1. Increased Slab Thickness and Cover
2. Coated Reinforcement
3. Waterproofing Membrane
4. Drainage
5. Snow and Ice Removal
6. Patching
7. Sealing
8. Cathodic Protection
9. Chloride Extraction
10. Realkalization
3.9.8 Conclusions
3.10 COMPOSITE STEEL MEMBERS
3.10.1 Composite Action
3.10.2 Shored and Unshored Construction
3.10.3 Effective Flange Width
3.10.4 The Transformed Section
3.10.5 Effects of Creep
3.10.6 Choosing a Girder Section
1. Compute Design Moments and Shear Forces
2. Total Factored Moment and Shear Forces
3. Choosing a Section
4. Composite Section in Positive Flexure
5. Composite Section in Negative Flexure and Noncomposite Sections
6. Shear Resistance of I-Sections
7. Web Bending-Buckling
8. Conclusions
3.10.7 Shear Connector Design
1. Fatigue
2. Additional Geometric Constraints
3. Effect of Stay-in-Place Forms
4. Strength Limit State
3.10.8 Bridge Fatigue
1. Linear-Elastic Fracture Mechanics
2. Stress-Life Method
3. AASHTO Method
4. Fatigue-Prone Details
3.10.9 Deflections
3.10.10 Camber
3.11 PLATE GIRDER DESIGN
3.11.1 Hybrid Girders
3.11.2 Elements of a Plate Girder
1. Flange Plate Thickness
2. Flange Plate Economy
3. Web Thickness
4. Web Plate Economy
5. Transverse Intermediate Stiffeners
6. Transverse Intermediate Stiffener Economy
7. Bearing Stiffeners
8. Longitudinal Stiffeners
9. Longitudinal Stiffener Economy
10. Miscellaneous Economy Issues
3.11.3 Lateral Bracing for Plate Girders
1. Where Bracing Is Located
2. Bracing as a Function of Span Length
3. Placement and Types of Lateral Bracing
4. Eliminating Lateral Bracing
5. Economy of Lateral Bracing
3.11.4 Cross-Frames for Plate Girders
3.11.5 Plate Girders vs. Rolled Stringers
3.12 CONTINUOUS BEAMS
3.12.1 Advantages of Continuous Beams
3.12.2 Continuous Beams
3.12.3 Live Load on Continuous Beam Structures
1. Computing Moment Using Influence Lines
2. Special Load Points
3. Shear Force and Reactions
3.12.4 Composite Section in Negative Bending
3.12.5 Girder Splices
1. Required Strength
2. Welded Splices
3. Bolted Splices
4. Bolted Web Splices
5. Bolted Flange Splices
3.12.6 Pin and Hanger Assemblies
3.13 STEEL PROTECTION AND REHABILITATION
3.13.1 Protective Coating Systems
1. Background and History
2. The Nature of Steel Corrosion
3. Inhibitive Primers
4. Sacrificial Primers
5. Barrier Coatings
6. Coating Applications
7. Surface Preparation
8. Overcoating
9. Micaceous Iron Oxide (MIO) Coatings
10. Conclusions
3.13.2 Containment and Disposal of Paint Waste
1. Background and History
2. Containment Devices
3. Recycling Abrasives
4. Disposal Methods
5. Conclusions
3.13.3 Weathering Steel
1. Background and History
2. Material Properties of Weathering Steel
3. Environmental Considerations
4. Maintenance of Weathering Steel
5. Inspection of Weathering Steel
6. Rehabilitation of Weathering Steel
7. Conclusions
3.13.4 Galvanizing
1. Overview
2. Benefits and Drawbacks
3.13.5 Rehabilitation of Steel Structures
1. Corrosion and Section Loss
2. Cracks
3. Strengthening
3.13.6 Conclusions
3.14 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
3.14.1 Overview of Prestressed Concrete
1. Pretensioned Beams
2. Posttensioned Beams
3. Application of Pre- and Post-tensioned Concrete
4. Prestressing Steel
5. Concrete for Prestressing
3.14.2 Composite Beams
1. Advantages
2. Effective Flange Width
3. Horizontal Shear
3.14.3 Required Prestress Force
3.14.4 Loss of Prestress
1. Elastic Shortening
2. Friction
3. Anchorage Set
4. Time-Dependent Losses
5. Total Loss
3.14.5 Allowable Stresses
3.14.6 Flexural Strength
3.14.7 Shear Resistance
3.15 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE MAINTENANCE
3.15.1 Overview
3.15.2 Deterioration of Prestressed Concrete
1. Cracking
2. Other Forms of Concrete Problems
3. Deterioration of Prestressing Steel
3.15.3 Inspection of Prestressed Concrete
3.15.4 Rehabilitation of Prestressed Concrete
1. Patching
2. Steel Jacketing
3. Strand Splice
4. Crack Injection
5. Sealers and Coatings
6. Strengthening
7. Conclusions
3.16 LOAD RATING
3.16.1 Inventory and Operating Ratings
3.16.2 Field Measurements and Inspection
3.16.3 Loading the Structure
3.16.4 Allowable Stress Method
1. Steel and Wrought Iron
2. Conventionally Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete
3. Masonry
4. Timber
3.16.5 Load Factor Method
3.16.6 Load and Resistance Factor Method
1. Overview
2. Rating Procedures
3. Fatigue Life Evaluation
4. The Concept of Safe Evaluation
5. Conclusions
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Section 4 The Substructure
4.1 ABUTMENTS
4.1.1 Types of Abutments
1. Gravity Abutment
2. Cantilever Abutment
3. Full-Height Abutment
4. Stub Abutment
5. Semistub Abutment
6. U Abutment
7. Counterfort Abutment
8. Spill-through Abutment
9. Pile Bent Abutment
10. MSE Systems
4.1.2 Coulomb Earth Pressure Theory
4.1.3 Abutment Foundation Design
1. Loading
2. Spread Footings
3. Foundations on Piles
4. Foundations on Drilled Shafts
4.1.4 Abutment Stem
4.1.5 Wingwalls
4.1.6 Other Related Foundation Topics
4.1.7 Mononobe-Okabe Analysis
1. Background
2. Seismic Acceleration Coefficient
3. Basic Assumption
4. Active Earth Pressure
5. Applying Active Earth Pressure
6. Horizontal Inertial Force
7. Superstructure Loads
4.1.8 Rehabilitation and Maintenance
1. Cracking
2. Surface Deterioration
3. Stability Problems
4. Bridge Seat Deterioration
5. Sheet Piling Abutments
6. Stone Masonry Abutments
7. MSE Systems
8. Footings
9. Piles
4.2 PIERS
4.2.1 Types of Piers
1. Hammerhead
2. Column Bent
3. Pile Bent
4. Solid Wall
5. Integral
6. Single Column
4.2.2 Behavior and Loading of Piers
4.2.3 Design Criteria
4.2.4 Design of Compression Members
1. Axial Loaded Columns
2. Moment Magnification Method
3. Interaction Diagrams
4. Biaxial Bending
5. Limits of Reinforcement
4.2.5 Rehabilitation and Maintenance
4.2.6 Scour
1. Overview
2. Rehabilitation and Maintenance
3. Replacement of Material
4. Changing the Structure
5. Replacing the Structure
4.3 BEARINGS
4.3.1 Forces Acting on a Bearing
4.3.2 Movement of Bearings
4.3.3 Types of Bearings
1. Rocker Bearings
2. Sliding Plate Bearings
3. Pot Bearings
4. Disc Bearings
5. Spherical Bearings
6. Elastomeric Bearings
7. Seismic Isolation Bearings
4.3.4 Rehabilitation and Maintenance
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Section 5 Implementation and Management
5.1 THE HIGHWAY
5.1.1 Design Elements of a Highway
1. Horizontal Alignment
2. Vertical Alignment
3. Stopping Sight Distance
4. Roadway Width
5.1.2 Maintenance of Traffic
5.2 CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
5.2.1 Design Submissions
1. Alternative Study
2. Preliminary Submission
3. Advanced Detail Submission
4. Final Submission
5.2.2 Computer-Aided Design and Drafting
1. File Organization
2. Geometric Source Files
3. The Forgotten D in CADD
4. Graphic Standards and Quality Control
5.2.3 Conclusions
5.3 BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
5.3.1 Background and History
5.3.2 Inventory Database
5.3.3 Asset Management
5.3.4 Project and Network Level Analysis
5.3.5 Predicting Future Condition
5.3.6 Level of Service
5.3.7 Costing Models
5.3.8 Optimization Models
5.3.9 Building the Database
5.3.10 Current Bridge Management Systems
5.3.11 BMS Link to Design of Bridges
5.3.12 BMS Link to Pavement Management Systems
5.3.13 GIS and Imaging Technologies
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Appendix
Acknowledgments
Illustration Credits
Index
