Bridge books

[broekie]

Any good books out there on designing with the new AASHTO LRFD code?

 

[MichSt]

Design of Highway Bridges by Barker and Puckett is easy to understand and has some nice example problems. The edition I have from 1997 though. I'm sure there must be AASHTO LRFD books that are more recent that Barker and Puckett.

 

[mdbridge]

If you are looking for example designs, take a look at the AASHTO Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures website. They have two complete design examples, one for a steel girder superstructure and one for a prestressed concrete girder superstructure that were developed for the Federal Highway Admin. They both include substructure design as well (abutments & piers). Somewhat dated but still thorough.

Here's the link:

http://lrfd.aashtoware.org

Click on the downloads link. The examples are near the bottom of the list (U.S. and metric units).

 

[GoodDayGoodNight]

"BRIDGE ENGINEERING", 2nd edition. By Tonias & Zhao.
It is good, I just got it yesterday. It shows both LRFD and LFD method, and lots examples.

 

[broekie]

Thanks for the input.

 

[bridgebuster]

Minnesota DOT has an excellent LRFD Manual with design examples.

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/bridge/Manuals/LRFD/index.html

 

[MichSt]

If you are looking to save some $$$ the AASHTO LRFD examples mdbridge provided are the way to go. They are very through and free to download! Of course you won’t get the kind of in depth coverage you’d get in a text book, but you will save a couple hundred bucks.