Continuous and integral bridges /

Continuous and integral bridges / edited by Brian Pritchard - London, United Kingdom : E & F.N. Spon, c1994 - xiv, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Preface. Introduction. Contributors and participants. Problems of bridge articulation. Advantages of bridge continuity. Continuous bridges. Integral bridges. Long-length continuity. Retrofitting. Precast beam deck continuity. Soil-structure interaction. Report. Concluding summary. Author index. Subject index.

Contains contributions to the 1993 Henderson Colloquium organised by the British Group of International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering. The text provides an international review of techniques of designing and constructing joint-free bridges - an approach which is rapidly being developed and used in many parts of the world.

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CONTINUOUS BRIDGES

TG 413 .C66 1994