Enrollment year
2018/2019
Academic discipline
ICAR/09 (CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
Curriculum
Strutturistico
Period
2nd semester (06/03/2019 - 14/06/2019)
Lesson hours
68 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Learning outcomes
The achievement of the course is to provide basic knowledge about classification, design and construction of main types of bridges
Course contents
Introduction to the course
Solution of statically indeterminate beam (Calpeyron’s procedure)
Theory of influence lines
Brief description of the historic evolution of the practise in design and construction of bridges
Analysis of types of bridges: Beams bridge, Arch bridges, Stayed bridges and Suspended bridges
Regulation for the design, construction and approval of road bridges
Analysis of the main components of bridges: Abutments, Deck, Piers, Foundation, Expansion joints and bearing devices
Prestressed beams decks
Steel-concrete composite beams decks
Construction methods for bridges
Maintenance and degradation of bridges
Teaching methods
68 hours course
Reccomended or required readings
Notes for teh course
F. Leonhardt, Bridges. Aestetics and design. Ed. DVA.
C. Menn. Prestressed Concrete Bridges. Ed. Birkhauser.
M.J.N. Priestley, F. Seible, G.M. Calvi. Seismic Design and Retrofit of Bridges. Ed. Wiley and Sons.
M.P. Collins, D. Mitchell. Prestressed Concrete Structures. Ed. Response Publication.
David Collings,
Steel-concrete Composite Bridges, Thomas Telford, 2005
Assessment methods
At the end of the couse a written test and an oral examination should be sustained
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