Bridge Engineering, Second edition
by: S Ponnuswamy
Abstract: This book covers the entire gamut of bridge engineer in-investigation, design, construction and maintenance of bridges. The coverage is not dealt with isolation, but discussed in relation to basic approaches to design of bridges, supported by numerous case studies. Further, the book includes design details of superstructures and foundations. Bridge Engineering has been thoroughly revised to reflect the changes in technology that have occurred in the past. It includes new chapters on grade separators and river training works, with special reference to revised design standards. The book has been specifically designed to suit the requirements of design and practising engineers as well as students in India. Written by an engineer and planner who has vast experience in bridge engineering, this single-source reference includes: • Investigation for major and important bridges • Design and construction aspects of both road and railway bridges • Inspection and maintenance of bridges and superstructures • Rebuilding of bridges • Construction management • And much more
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Table of Contents
- A. DEDICATION
- B. PREAMBLE
- C. FOREWORD
- D. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- E. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
- F. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- G. COPYRIGHT PERMISSIONS
- H. AUTHOR'S PROFILE
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. INVESTIGATION FOR BRIDGES AND CULVERTS
- 3. INVESTIGATIONS FOR IMPORTANT BRIDGES
- 4. DESIGN FLOOD DISCHARGE FOR BRIDGES
- 5. LINEAR WATERWAY OF BRIDGES
- 6. CHOICE OF FOUNDATION FOR PIERS AND ABUTMENTS
- 7. TYPES OF BRIDGES AND LOADING STANDARDS
- 8. SETTING OUT FOR PIERS AND ABUTMENTS
- 9. OPEN FOUNDATION
- 10. PILE FOUNDATIONS
- 11. WELL FOUNDATION
- 12. WELL FOUNDATIONS—CASE STUDIES
- 13. PIERS AND ABUTMENTS
- 14. SUPERSTRUCTURE—DESIGN ASPECTS
- 15. SUPERSTRUCTURE—CONSTRUCTION
- 16. INSPECTION OF BRIDGES
- 17. MAINTENANCE OF BRIDGES—SUBSTRUCTURE
- 18. MAINTENANCE OF SUPERSTRUCTURE—GIRDERS
- 19. REBUILDING OF BRIDGES
- 20. CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
- 21. GRADE SEPARATORS
- 22. RIVER TRAINING AND PROTECTION WORKS
- 23. ABBREVIATIONS, NOTATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
- A. Appendix A: DESIGN FLOOD ESTIMATION BY FREQUENCY METHOD
- B. Appendix B: DESIGN FLOOD BY UNIT HYDROGRAPH METHOD—FIELD APPLICATION
- C. Appendix C: CALCULATIONS FOR LOAD DISTRIBUTION FOR CONCRETE GIRDERS
- D. Appendix D: ILLUSTRATION OF A BOX GIRDER DESIGN
- E. Appendix E: MISCELLANEOUS DATA AND TABLES FOR DESIGN
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Expanded Table of Contents
- A. DEDICATION
- B. PREAMBLE
- C. FOREWORD
- D. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- E. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
- F. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- G. COPYRIGHT PERMISSIONS
- H. AUTHOR'S PROFILE
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. INVESTIGATION FOR BRIDGES AND CULVERTS
- 3. INVESTIGATIONS FOR IMPORTANT BRIDGES
- 4. DESIGN FLOOD DISCHARGE FOR BRIDGES
- 5. LINEAR WATERWAY OF BRIDGES
- 6. CHOICE OF FOUNDATION FOR PIERS AND ABUTMENTS
- 7. TYPES OF BRIDGES AND LOADING STANDARDS
- 8. SETTING OUT FOR PIERS AND ABUTMENTS
- 9. OPEN FOUNDATION
- 10. PILE FOUNDATIONS
- GENERAL
- SPACING OF PILES
- MATERIAL FOR CONSTRUCTION
- SOIL FRICTION FACTORS
- PRECAST DRIVEN PILES
- DESIGN OF PILE FOUNDATION
- LOAD TESTS
- STRENGTH OF GROUP PILES
- LATERAL RESISTANCE OF PILES
- FACTOR OF SAFETY
- CONSTRUCTION
- DRIVEN PILES VERSUS CAST-IN-SITU PILES
- LARGE DIAMETER BORED CAST-IN-SITU PILES
- CONSTRUCTION OF BORED PILES
- STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF PILE FOUNDATION
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES
- ANNEXURE 10.1
- ANNEXURE 10.2
- ANNEXURE 10.3
- ANNEXURE 10.4
- ANNEXURE 10.5
- ANNEXURE 10.6
- 11. WELL FOUNDATION
- TYPES OF WELLS
- CAISSONS
- DESIGN OF WELLS
- SINKING EFFORT
- MATERIAL FOR STEINING
- DESIGN OF CURB AND CUTTING EDGE
- CONSTRUCTION
- SINKING OF WELLS
- SOME PROBLEMS OF OPEN SINKING
- USE OF DIVERS FOR SINKING
- PNEUMATIC SINKING
- WORKING OF PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT
- RATE OF SINKING
- BOTTOM PLUG
- SAND FILLING
- TOP PLUG AND WELL CAP
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES
- ANNEXURE 11.1
- ANNEXURE 11.2
- ANNEXURE 11.3
- 12. WELL FOUNDATIONS—CASE STUDIES
- 13. PIERS AND ABUTMENTS
- 14. SUPERSTRUCTURE—DESIGN ASPECTS
- HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
- TYPES OF BRIDGES
- CHOICE OF MATERIALS
- DESIGN PRINCIPLES
- DESIGN PROCEDURE FOR BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE
- COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION
- BOX GIRDERS
- CONTINUOUS SPAN GIRDERS
- REFERENCES
- ANNEXURE 14.1
- ANNEXURE 14.2 (A)
- ANNEXURE 14.2 (B)
- ANNEXURE 14.2 (C)
- ANNEXURE 14.2 (D)
- ANNEXURE 14.3
- ANNEXURE 14.4
- ANNEXURE 14.5
- ANNEXURE 14.6
- ANNEXURE 14.7
- ANNEXURE 14.8
- 15. SUPERSTRUCTURE—CONSTRUCTION
- 16. INSPECTION OF BRIDGES
- GENERAL
- NECESSITY FOR INSPECTION OF BRIDGES
- INSPECTION PROCEDURES IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES
- PROCEDURE FOR INSPECTION
- ASPECTS OF INSPECTION
- TESTING OF BRIDGES
- CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT OF SAFE LOAD CAPACITY
- AIDS FOR BRIDGE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES
- ANNEXURE 16.1 (A)
- ANNEXURE 16.1 (B)
- ANNEXURE 16.2
- ANNEXURE 16.3
- 17. MAINTENANCE OF BRIDGES—SUBSTRUCTURE
- 18. MAINTENANCE OF SUPERSTRUCTURE—GIRDERS
- 19. REBUILDING OF BRIDGES
- WHY REBUILD BRIDGES
- REPLACEMENT
- REBUILDING OF PIER TOPS
- REPLACEMENT OF GIRDERS (REGIRDERING)
- PRELIMINARY WORK
- MODUS OPERANDI OF VARIOUS METHODS
- GIRDER RENEWAL WITH CRANES
- RENEWAL OF GIRDERS WITH GANTRIES
- ENVELOPING METHOD
- FLOATATION METHOD
- REBUILDING OVER DIVERSION
- CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENTS
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES
- 20. CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
- 21. GRADE SEPARATORS
- 22. RIVER TRAINING AND PROTECTION WORKS
- 23. ABBREVIATIONS, NOTATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
- A. Appendix A: DESIGN FLOOD ESTIMATION BY FREQUENCY METHOD
- B. Appendix B: DESIGN FLOOD BY UNIT HYDROGRAPH METHOD—FIELD APPLICATION
- C. Appendix C: CALCULATIONS FOR LOAD DISTRIBUTION FOR CONCRETE GIRDERS
- D. Appendix D: ILLUSTRATION OF A BOX GIRDER DESIGN
- E. Appendix E: MISCELLANEOUS DATA AND TABLES FOR DESIGN
Book Details
Title: Bridge Engineering, Second edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Athens, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New Delhi, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto
Copyright / Pub. Date: 2008 McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited
ISBN: 9780070656956
Authors:
S Ponnuswamy
received his BE in Civil Engineering from Madras University, his MS in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and PhD in Civil Engineering from Anna University, Chennai.
Dr. Ponnuswamy is currently a Consultant in Civil Engineering and Transportation. He has retired as Additional General Manager of Southern Railway after serving in different capacities with the Indian Railways for 34 years. He was also with Public Works and Irrigation Departments for 3 years and subsequently, been a Guest Faculty in the Civil Engineering Department of Indian Institute of Technology Madras. His service period includes seven years on the Nigerian Railways and three years with RITES consultancy organization. During his service he was associated with various construction, maintenance and investigation projects for road and rail including bridges. In the last 20 years, since retirement from Railways, he has worked on a number of consultancy assignments on major bridge, railway and road projects as well as urban Transport Planning and System studies individually or as a leading member of RITES or SOWiL Consultants. He has also given a number of guest lectures on special aspects of bridge engineering in some leading Engineering Colleges in the south.
He is Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers, London and American Society of Civil Engineers. He has done the documentation for three bridges built by Railways on River Brahmputra for the General Manager (Construction), Northeast Frontier Railway. He is also the author of a number of technical papers published in various journals.
Description: This book covers the entire gamut of bridge engineer in-investigation, design, construction and maintenance of bridges. The coverage is not dealt with isolation, but discussed in relation to basic approaches to design of bridges, supported by numerous case studies. Further, the book includes design details of superstructures and foundations. Bridge Engineering has been thoroughly revised to reflect the changes in technology that have occurred in the past. It includes new chapters on grade separators and river training works, with special reference to revised design standards. The book has been specifically designed to suit the requirements of design and practising engineers as well as students in India. Written by an engineer and planner who has vast experience in bridge engineering, this single-source reference includes: • Investigation for major and important bridges • Design and construction aspects of both road and railway bridges • Inspection and maintenance of bridges and superstructures • Rebuilding of bridges • Construction management • And much more
