Structural Theory and Innovative Technologies for Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Bridges
- 1st Edition - February 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Authors: Yongjian Liu, Xuhong Zhou, Lei Jiang
- Language: English
Structural Theory and Innovative Technologies for Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Bridges examines concrete-filled steel tubular bridges, including arch bridges, truss bridge… Read more
Structural Theory and Innovative Technologies for Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Bridges examines concrete-filled steel tubular bridges, including arch bridges, truss bridges, piers and towers in cable stayed and suspension bridges. The book considers, in detail, foundational theoretical issues such as: research on the buckling performance of concrete-filled steel tube walls, the static and fatigue performance of joints, the effects of temperature, interface performance, and the confinement effects. The book also proposes design methods for concrete-filled steel tubular bridges and provides engineering design and application examples for concrete
- Covers various concrete-filled steel tubular bridge types, including arch bridges, truss bridges, piers, towers in cable stayed and suspension bridges
- Critical foundational theoretical issues - including the buckling behavior of steel tubes for the super-size cross section in towers, the static and fatigue performance of the concrete-filled steel tubular joint, steel-concrete interfacial behavior, confinement effect of the members and temperature action of the composite bridge - are covered
- New design methods for arch bridges, truss bridges, piers and towers are proposed
Bridge engineering researchers, designers and construction/construction management professionals
1 Introduction
1.1 Classification and Characteristics of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes
1.2 Evolution of the Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Bridges and Related Standards
1.3 Development Direction of the Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Bridges
1.4 Scope of the Book
2 Structural System
2.1 General
2.2 Structural Details
2.3 Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Bridges Stiffened with PBL
3 Buckling Behavior
3.1 Elastic Local Buckling of One-Sided Constrained Plate
3.2 Elastic-Plastic Buckling and Width-to-Thickness Ratio Limits of One-Sided Constrained Plate
3.3 Post-Buckling Strength of One-Sided Constrained Plate
3.4 Local Buckling of One-Sided Constrained Stiffened Plate
4 Static Behavior of CFST Joints
4.1 Joint Types and Failure Modes
4.2 Improvement of Failure Modes in Steel Tube Joints with Concrete Infill
4.3 Design Method of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Joints
5 Fatigue Behavior of CFST Joints
5.1 Fatigue Test of Concrete-Filled Circular Hollow Section Joints
5.2 Parametric Study on the Stress Concentration Factor for Concrete-Filled Circular Hollow Section K-Joints
5.3 Test on Stress Concentration Factor for Concrete-Filled Rectangular Hollow Section Joints
5.4 Fatigue Test of Concrete-Filled Rectangular Hollow Section Joints
5.5 Parametric Study on the Stress Concentration Factor for Concrete-Filled Rectangular Hollow Section K-Joints
6 Temperature Action of CFST Bridges
6.1 Temperature Distribution in Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes
6.2 Analysis Method on Temperature Distribution in Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes
6.3 Temperature Distribution Model of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Bridges
6.4 Temperature Effects on Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Bridges
6.5 Fine Calculation of Temperature Effects on Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Bridges Based on Sunlight Shadow Recognition
7 Steel-Concrete Interfacial Behavior
7.1 Constitutive Relationship of Bond-Slip at the Interface of Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Columns
7.2 Constitutive Relationship of Bond-Slip at the Interface of Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Columns Stiffened with PBL
7.3 Elastic Theory-Based Shear Model for Steel-Concrete Interfaces and Acoustic Emission Experimental Study
7.4 Shear Resistance Performance of PBL Shear Connector
7.5 Influence of Interface Conditions on the Flexural Performance of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Members
7.6 Influence of Temperature Effects on the Interface Condition of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes
8 Confinement Effect
8.1 Mechanism of Confinement Effects in Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes
8.2 Experimental Study and Proposed Equations for the Ultimate Strength of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Short Columns
8.3 Axial Force-Strain Relationship of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Arch Bridges
9 Design Method of CFST Bridges
9.1 Structural Analysis
9.2 Component Strength Calculation
9.3 Details of Shear Connectors and Calculation
9.4 Joint Strength Calculation
9.5 Temperature Effects
9.6 Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Arch Bridges
9.7 Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Composite Truss Bridges
9.8 Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Towers (Piers)
10 CFST Arch Bridges
10.1 Sulongzhu Yellow River Bridge
10.2 Wangpogou Bridge
11 CFST Composite Truss Bridges
11.1 Continuous Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Composite Truss Bridges
11.2 Huangyan Bridge
12 CFST Bridge Piers
12.1 Engineering Overview
12.2 Structural Design
12.3 Structural Verification
13 CFST Bridge Pylons
13.1 Engineering Overview
13.2 Structural Design
13.3 Structural Verification
13.4 Economic Analysis
1.1 Classification and Characteristics of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes
1.2 Evolution of the Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Bridges and Related Standards
1.3 Development Direction of the Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Bridges
1.4 Scope of the Book
2 Structural System
2.1 General
2.2 Structural Details
2.3 Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Bridges Stiffened with PBL
3 Buckling Behavior
3.1 Elastic Local Buckling of One-Sided Constrained Plate
3.2 Elastic-Plastic Buckling and Width-to-Thickness Ratio Limits of One-Sided Constrained Plate
3.3 Post-Buckling Strength of One-Sided Constrained Plate
3.4 Local Buckling of One-Sided Constrained Stiffened Plate
4 Static Behavior of CFST Joints
4.1 Joint Types and Failure Modes
4.2 Improvement of Failure Modes in Steel Tube Joints with Concrete Infill
4.3 Design Method of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Joints
5 Fatigue Behavior of CFST Joints
5.1 Fatigue Test of Concrete-Filled Circular Hollow Section Joints
5.2 Parametric Study on the Stress Concentration Factor for Concrete-Filled Circular Hollow Section K-Joints
5.3 Test on Stress Concentration Factor for Concrete-Filled Rectangular Hollow Section Joints
5.4 Fatigue Test of Concrete-Filled Rectangular Hollow Section Joints
5.5 Parametric Study on the Stress Concentration Factor for Concrete-Filled Rectangular Hollow Section K-Joints
6 Temperature Action of CFST Bridges
6.1 Temperature Distribution in Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes
6.2 Analysis Method on Temperature Distribution in Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes
6.3 Temperature Distribution Model of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Bridges
6.4 Temperature Effects on Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Bridges
6.5 Fine Calculation of Temperature Effects on Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Bridges Based on Sunlight Shadow Recognition
7 Steel-Concrete Interfacial Behavior
7.1 Constitutive Relationship of Bond-Slip at the Interface of Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Columns
7.2 Constitutive Relationship of Bond-Slip at the Interface of Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Columns Stiffened with PBL
7.3 Elastic Theory-Based Shear Model for Steel-Concrete Interfaces and Acoustic Emission Experimental Study
7.4 Shear Resistance Performance of PBL Shear Connector
7.5 Influence of Interface Conditions on the Flexural Performance of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Members
7.6 Influence of Temperature Effects on the Interface Condition of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes
8 Confinement Effect
8.1 Mechanism of Confinement Effects in Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes
8.2 Experimental Study and Proposed Equations for the Ultimate Strength of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Short Columns
8.3 Axial Force-Strain Relationship of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Arch Bridges
9 Design Method of CFST Bridges
9.1 Structural Analysis
9.2 Component Strength Calculation
9.3 Details of Shear Connectors and Calculation
9.4 Joint Strength Calculation
9.5 Temperature Effects
9.6 Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Arch Bridges
9.7 Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Composite Truss Bridges
9.8 Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Towers (Piers)
10 CFST Arch Bridges
10.1 Sulongzhu Yellow River Bridge
10.2 Wangpogou Bridge
11 CFST Composite Truss Bridges
11.1 Continuous Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Composite Truss Bridges
11.2 Huangyan Bridge
12 CFST Bridge Piers
12.1 Engineering Overview
12.2 Structural Design
12.3 Structural Verification
13 CFST Bridge Pylons
13.1 Engineering Overview
13.2 Structural Design
13.3 Structural Verification
13.4 Economic Analysis
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: February 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Yongjian Liu
Yongjian Liu is a professor in the School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University and School of Highways, Chang’an University, China. He is the Director of Large Structures Highway Safety Engineering Research Center at the Ministry of Education. He is an active researcher in the areas of steel and composite bridges, especially concrete-filled steel tubular bridges
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University; School of Highways, Chang’an University, ChinaXZ
Xuhong Zhou
Xuhong Zhou is a professor in the School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, China. He has been elected as the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Foreign Fellow of the Engineering Academy of Japan. He has been severed as President of Chongqing University, Director of Research Center of Steel Structures in Chongqing University, Vice President of China Steel Construction Society, Director of Technical Committee of the National Engineering Research Center for Steel Construction and Chief Editor of Journal of Architecture and Civil Engineering. He is an active researcher in the areas of steel and composite structures
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, ChinaLJ
Lei Jiang
Dr Lei Jiang is an Associate Professor at Chang’an University in China. His research interests include: steel and composite bridges; high-performance bridge structures; accelerated bridge construction; and fatigue assessment of bridges
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Chang’an University, China