Bridge and Highway Structure Rehabilitation and Repair

This authoritative volume offers up-to-date guidance on the latest design techniques, repair methods, specialized software, materials, and advanced maintenance procedures for bridges and highway structures. Focusing on both traditional and nontraditional design issues, Bridge and Highway Structures Rehabilitation and Repair clarifies the most recent AASHTO bridge design codes and discusses new analytical and design methodologies, such as the application of load and resistance factor design (LRFD). A wealth of concise explanations, solved examples, and in-depth case studies are included in this comprehensive resource.
 

COVERAGE INCLUDES:

* Diagnostic design and selective reconstruction
* Bridge failure studies and safety engineering
* Analytical approach to fracture and failure
* Load and resistance factor rating (LRFR) and redesign
* Application of LRFD and LRFR methods
* Inspection and structural health monitoring
* Bridge widening and replacement strategies
* Conventional repair methods
* Advanced repair methods
* Concrete repair methods
* Extreme events of flood scour and countermeasures design
* Guidelines for seismic design and retrofit methods

Preface
Acknowledgments
Symbols, Notations, and Terminology

Section 1 : Administrative Issues
Chapter 1 : Overview of Bridge Engineering
Chapter 2 : Diagnostic Design and Selective Reconstruction
Chapter 3 : Bridge Failure Studies and Safety Engineering

Section 2 : Strengthening and Repair Work
Chapter 4 : An Analytical Approach to Fracture and Failure
Chapter 5 : Load and Resistance Factor Rating and Redesign
Chapter 6 : Applications of Bridge Design and Rating Methods
Chapter 7 : Bridge Widening and Deck Replacement Strategy

Section 3 : Repair and Retrofit Methods
Chapter 8 : Inspection, Rating and Health Monitoring Techniques
Chapter 9 : Conventional Repair Methods
Chapter 10 : Concrete Repair Methods
Chapter 11 : Advanced Repair Methods
Chapter 12 : Protection of Bridges against Extreme Events

Appendices
Appendix A : Scour Countermeasures
Appendix B : Estimate of Unit Concrete Repair Costs (2009)
Appendix C : Quick Reference to Aashto LRFD 2008 Specifications
Appendix D : Quick Reference to Aashto LRFR Manual
Index