
Finite Element Analysis and Design of Steel and Steel–Concrete Composite Bridges
- 2nd Edition - January 25, 2023
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: Ehab Ellobody
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 9 9 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 9 9 6 - 8
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This second edition of Finite Element Analysis and Design of Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges is brought fully up-to-date and provides structural engineers, academics, practitioners, and researchers with a detailed, robust, and comprehensive combined finite modeling and design approach. The book’s eight chapters begin with an overview of the various forms of modern steel and steel-concrete composite bridges, current design codes (American, British, and Eurocodes), nonlinear material behavior of the bridge components, and applied loads and stability of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges. This is followed by self-contained chapters concerning design examples of steel and steel-concrete composite bridge components as well as finite element modeling of the bridges and their components. The final chapter focuses on finite element analysis and the design of composite highway bridges with profiled steel sheeting.
This volume will serve as a valuable reference source addressing the issues, problems, challenges, and questions on how to enhance the design of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges, including highway bridges with profiled steel sheeting, using finite element modeling techniques.
- Provides all necessary information to understand relevant terminologies and finite element modeling for steel and composite bridges
- Discusses new designs and materials used in highway and railway bridge
- Illustrates how to relate the design guidelines and finite element modeling based on internal forces and nominal stresses
- Explains what should be the consistent approach when developing nonlinear finite element analysis for steel and composite bridges
- Contains extensive case studies on combining finite element analysis with design for steel and steel-concrete composite bridges, including highway bridges with profiled steel sheeting
1. Introduction
1.1 General remarks
1.2 Types of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
1.3 Literature review of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
1.4 Finite element modelling of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
1.5 Current design codes of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
1.6 References
2. Nonlinear material behaviour of the bridge components
2.1 General remarks
2.2 Nonlinear material properties of structural steel
2.3 Nonlinear material properties of concrete
2.4 Nonlinear material properties of reinforcement bars
2.5 Nonlinear material properties of prestressing tendons
2.6 Nonlinear behaviour of shear connection
2.7 References
3. Applied loads and stability of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
3.1 General remarks
3.2 Dead loads of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
3.3 Live loads on steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
3.4 Horizontal forces on steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
3.5 Other loads on steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
3.6 Load combinations
3.7 Design approaches
3.8 Stability of steel and steel-concrete composite plate girder bridges
3.9 Stability of steel and steel-concrete composite truss bridges
3.10 Design of bolted and welded joints
3.11 Design of bridge bearings
3.12 References
4. Design examples of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
4.1 General remarks
4.2 Design example of a double track plate girder deck railway steel bridge
4.3 Design example of a through truss highway steel bridge
4.4 Design example of a highway steel-concrete composite bridge
4.5 Design example of a double track plate girder pony railway steel bridge
4.6 Design example of a deck truss highway steel bridge
5. Finite element analysis of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
5.2 Choice of finite element types for steel and steel-concrete composite bridges
5.3 Choice of finite element mesh for the bridges and bridge components
5.4 Material modelling of the bridge components
5.5 Linear and nonlinear analyses of the bridges and bridge components
5.6 Modelling of shear connection for steel-concrete composite bridges
5.7 Application of loads and boundary conditions on the bridges
5.8 References
6. Examples of finite element models of steel bridges
6.2 Previous work
6.3 Finite element modelling and results of example 1
6.4 Finite element modelling and results of example 2
6.5 Finite element modelling and results of example 3
6.6 Finite element modelling and results of example 4
6.7 References
7. Examples of finite element models of steel-concrete composite bridges
7.2 Previous work
7.3 Finite element modelling and results of example 1
7.4 Finite element modelling and results of example 2
7.4 Finite element modelling and results of example 3
7.5 References
8. Extension of approach to composite highway bridges with profiled steel sheeting
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Summary of experimental investigations on composite bridges with profiled steel sheeting
8.3 Finite element modelling of composite bridges with profiled steel sheeting
8.4 Verification of finite element models
8.5 Layout and design of the highway composite bridge investigated
8.6 Finite element modelling results and discussions
8.7 Parametric studies and discussions
8.8 References
- Edition: 2
- Published: January 25, 2023
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
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