This article explores the factors influencing the selection of bridge forms, examines various structural types, and explores their unique features and applications. Concrete bridges are…
Category: Concrete Bridges
This article explores deeply into the core aspects of bridge engineering, explaining the top 9 considerations that set bridges unique from buildings.
The Eight article in the series on design and construction of concrete bridges, explores the subject of prestressing as it concerns concrete bridges.
This article explores into the distinctive aspects of footbridge design, including the reduced live loads, the freedom to explore different structural forms, the importance of user experience, and the materials typically used
This article presents the NTSB investigations into the 2018 Pedestrian Bridge Collapse in Florida and the lessons learnt from the failure
This article examines the various types of formworks and falsework needed to construct a concrete bridge and their requirements.
This fifth installment on the series on concrete bridges provides insights on the maintenance and management of concrete bridges.
This fourth article in the series on concrete bridges examines the initial parameters that might determine the best layout for a new bridge. One of…
This fourth article in the series on concrete bridges examines the special types of concrete bridge — previous articles described all the cast in place and precast options, Concrete cable-stayed, extradosed and stressed ribbon bridges are all described here, together with the special features of concrete footbridges and railway bridges.
Whilst construction methodology tends not to be an issue in many buildings, the same cannot be said for bridges. Nearly all bridges cannot and should not be designed without good knowledge of its temporary stages and construction methodology4. In most cases it is the construction method that determines the design. In selecting the best scheme, a bridge designer would aim to select a construction method and a bridge layout as they are basically entwined.