Steel bridges

This English translation of the successful French edition presents the conception and design of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges, from simple beam bridges to cable-supported structures.

This book focuses primarily on road bridges, emphasizing the basis of their conception and the fundamentals that must be considered in order to assure structural safety and serviceability, as well as highlighting the necessary design checks. The principles are extended in later chapters to railway bridges as well as bridges for pedestrians and cyclists. For these structures, particular attention is paid to consideration of the dynamic performance. The assembly of the steel and the placing of the reinforced or pre-stressed concrete slab are explained while emphasizing their influence on the design of the structure.

Ingénieur civil diplômé de l'Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Zurich, Manfred A. Hirt est docteur PhD de l'Université Lehigh de Bethlehem aux Etats-Unis. Spécialiste du comportement à la fatigue des structures métalliques, de la durée de vie résiduelle des ouvrages d'art, de la sécurité et de l'aptitude au service des structures porteuses, il est membre de plusieurs associations nationales et internationales. Professeur ordinaire à l'Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, il dirige le Laboratoire de la construction métallique (ICOM).