Bridge Engineering

Design, rehabilitate, and maintain modern highway bridges. From steel and reinforced concrete design, to highway layout and basic geometrics, to geotechnical engineering and hydraulics, Demetrios E. Tonia's Bridge Engineering: Design, Rehabilitation, and Maintenance of Modern Highway Bridges fully integrates the resources you need to master the entire bridge-design process. Written with unusual clarity--and packed with timely design examples and case studies plus eye-opening sidebars and graphics--it shows you how to: understand bridge structures, functions, types, and applications; design superstructures and substructures for maximum maintainability; design highway components--approach pavements and slabs, structure geometrics and elevations, roadway alignments, and more; kick off the project--from funding to site surveying and coring; manage the design process--contract documents, reports, plans, client interactions, and more; manage the bridge itself--from creating a structure inventory to extending GIS and CADD functionality.

Demetrios E. Tonias, P.E. is president and chief executive officer of HMC Group Ltd., a Schenectady, New York-based firm specializing in the development and application of computer-aided civil engineering and management systems. As both a design engineer and software developer, Mr. Tonias has worked as a project manager and engineer for a wide variety of bridge rehabilitation, site development, and public works projects. Mr. Tonias is currently a member of the Adjunct Engineering Faculty at Union College.

Section l: The Structure: Highway Bridge Structures.Structure Components.Choosing the Right Type of Components.Rehabilitation and Maintaining a Structure.Section 2: Design Codes and Specification: American Association of State Highway and Travel Officials (AASHTO).Component Related Design Criteria.Other Sources.Section 3: Project Inception: Project Selection.Site Inspection.Site Survey.Overview of Preliminary Design Process.Section 4: Superstructure Design: Loading the Superstructure.Composite Slab on Girder Structures.Continuous Beam Structures.Load Rating of an Existing Structure.Reinforced Concrete Deck Slab Design.Section 5: Substructure Design: Abutments.Piers.Rehabilitation and Maintenance Techniques.Bearings and Expansion Joints.Section 6: Approaches: Approach Pavements.Approach Slabs.Section 7: Structure Geometrics: Roadway Alignments.Structure Elevations.Computer-Aided Techniques.Section 8: Construction and Traffic: Exacavation.Maintenance and Traffic.Safety.Section 9: Contract Documents: Reports.Plans.Detailing.Section 10: Managing the Design Process: The Project Phases.Owner-Designer Interaction.Design Team Interaction.Section 11: Bridge Management: Concepts.The Bridge Management System in Action.