Course

CIVIL-430: Concrete bridges

Lectures in this course (33)

Covers the design process of a prestressed viaduct, including determining gravity actions and calculating bending moments.

Introduction to Prestressed Reinforced Concrete Girder Bridges

Covers the design of prestressed reinforced concrete girder bridges and discusses structural safety criteria and historical perspectives.

Design and Safety of Concrete Bridges

Explores the design and safety of pre-stressed reinforced concrete bridges, emphasizing accurate calculations and the impact of uncertainties in structural design.

Prestressed Concrete Design

Covers the design of prestressed concrete structures and the forces between cables and reinforced concrete.

Calculating Prestressing in Concrete Bridges

Discusses calculating prestressing in concrete bridges, considering relaxation, shrinkage, and creep effects for optimal design.

Longitudinal Bending in Concrete Bridges

Covers pre-dimensioning of longitudinal bending in concrete bridges and discusses the relationship between edge span and central span.

Prestressed Concrete: Principles and Types

Explores the principles and types of prestressed concrete, including pre-tension, post-tension, different methods, effects on reinforced concrete, and examples of beams with eccentric cables.

Prestressing and Concrete Bridges

Explores dimensioning hyperstatic systems in concrete bridges, including prestressing effects and support forces.

Fatigue Resistance of Concrete Bridges

Explores the impact of forces on concrete bridges, focusing on resistance verification and fatigue analysis.

The Analytic Determination of Sheath Trace

Covers the analytic determination of the trace of a sheath, shedding light on a crucial aspect of modern analysis.

Design and Verification of a Bearing Slab

Covers the design and verification process of a bearing slab for concrete bridges, including methods for calculating bending moments and shear force.

Concrete Bridges: Prestressing Effects and Design

Explores the effects of prestressing in concrete bridges and the design considerations involved.

Parabolic Equations in Structural Engineering

Explores the use of parabolic equations in structural engineering, emphasizing span geometry and prestressing forces.

Stability of Systems and Concrete Bridges

Covers the choice between fixed and floating systems and methods for ensuring stability.

Stability of Piles and Systems

Covers the stability of piles and systems, including design considerations for concrete bridge slabs.

Verification of Concrete Bridges: Self-Constrained Approach

Covers the verification of concrete bridges using a 'self-constrained' approach.

Long-Term Deflection Verification in Concrete Bridges

Focuses on verifying long-term deflection in concrete bridges, including calculations for non-cracked sections and assessments of compression stress.

Floating Systems Verification

Discusses the verification of second-order effects in floating systems to ensure stability and safety.

Design and Verification of Bearing Slabs

Covers the design and verification of bearing slabs, including bending moments and failure modes.

Retaining Walls and Bridge Supports

Explores the design of retaining walls, bridge supports, and minor civil engineering works, focusing on material unity and structural stability.