Bridge Engineering Handbook

Wai-Fah Chen is a George E. Goodwin Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering and Head of the Department of Structural Engineering at Purdue University. Lian Duan is a Senior Bridge Engineer with the California Department of Tansportation, U.S., and Professor of Structural Engineering at Taiyuan University of Technology, China.

Section 3: Substructure Design 26. Bearings 27. Piers and Columns 28. Towers 29. Abutments and Retaining Structures 30. Geotechnical Considerations 31. Shallow Foundations 32. Deep Foundations Section 4: Seismic Design 33. Geotechnical Earthquake Consideration 34. Earthquake Damages to Bridges 35. Dynamic Analysis 36. Nonlinear Analysis of Bridge Structures 37. Seismic Design Philosophy and Performance-based Design Criteria 38. Seismic Design of Concrete Bridges 39. Seismic Design of Steel Bridges 40. Seismic Retrofit Practices 41. Seismic Isolation and Energy Dispassion 42. Soil-Structure-Foundation Interaction 43. Seismic Retrofit Technology 44. Seismic Design Practices in Japan