The design of prestressed concrete bridges : concepts and principles /
By: Benaim, Robert.
Publisher: London : CRC Press [Taylor & Francis Group], 2008Description: xxiii, 581 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0415235995 (cased); 9780415235990:; 9780415235990; 0203962052 (e-book); 9780203962053.Subject(s): Concrete bridges -- Design and construction | Bridges, Concrete -- Design and construction | Reinforced concrete construction![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographic references (pages 568-571) and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Disclaimer -- Introduction -- The nature of design -- Basic concepts -- Reinforced concrete -- Prestressed concrete -- Prestressing for statically determinate beams -- Prestressing for continous beams -- Articulation of bridges and the design of substructure -- The general principles of concrete deck design -- The design of bridge deck components -- Precast beams -- Solid slabs, voided slabs and multi-cell box girders -- Ribbed slabs -- Box girders -- Counter-cast technology for box sections decks -- The construction of girder bridges -- The effect of scale on the method of construction -- The design and construction of arches -- Cable-supported decks -- Appendix -- References -- Index.
Examining the fundamental differences between design and analysis, this text explores the close relationship between aesthetic and technical creativity and the importance of the intuitive, more imaginative qualities of design that should be employed by every designed when designing a structure.