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 5: Construction and Maintenance 46. Concrete Bridge Construction 47. Substructures of Major Overwater Bridges 48. Construction Inspection 49. Maintenance Inspection and Rating 50. Strengthening and Rehabilitation Section 6: Special Topics 51. Applications of Advanced Composites 52. Effective Length of Compression Members 53. Fatigue and Fracture 54. Statistics of Steel Weight of Highway Bridges 55. Weight-In-Motion Measurement of Trucks on Bridges 56. Impact Effects of Moving Vehicles 57. Wind Effects on Long-Span Bridges 58. Cable Force Adjustment and Construction Control 59. Active Control in Bridge Engineering 60. Vessel Collision Analysis and Design 61. Bridge Hydraulics 62. Sound Walls and Railings Section 7: Worldwide Practice 63. Design Practice in China 64. Design Practice in Europe 65. Design Practice in Japan 66. Design Practice in Russia 67. Evolution of Bridges in the United States