Concrete Bridges: Design and Construction A C Liebenberg,

Book Description

The Modern Construction Handbook has become a building construction classic and is used as a textbook in many courses. Its systematic approach with chapters on materials, walls, roofs, construction, and the environment offers a clear and efficient orientation.

Digital fabrication techniques are included as well (complementing traditional production processes) and presented in an instructional book for the first time. The third edition has been thoroughly updated and now provides More information more annotation of drawings, more text on the page.

The updated future chapter with more emerging construction techniques. Updated essays on construction in the introduction Chapter 1. Mote technical data in the Materials Chapter. The content in this third edition has been completely reworked which makes it an even more valuable companion for students and young practitioners!”

Content :

• Design criteria for bridges
• Design philosophy
• Methods of analysis of bridge structures
• Design and construction practice for concrete bridges
• The field inspection and maintenance of concrete bridges
• The lessons learned from failures of bridges or bridge components.