REINFORCED-CONCRETE BRIDGES/ by Frederick W. Taylor, Sanford E. Thompson and Edward Smulski

Chapter 1: Characteristic and use of reinforced- concrete girder brides. Chapter 2: Clearances: Live loads: Impact distribution of live loads by slabs. 2.1 Highway loading. 2.2 Longitudinal, lateral and centrifugal forces. 2.3 Live loads for sidewalks and foot bridge. 2.4 Distribution of concentrated loads by concrete slab. Chapter 3: Formulas for concentrated truckloads. 3.1 Proportion of truckload carried by one girder due to trucks. 3.2 Maximum bending moments in longitudinal girder due to trucks. 3.4 External shears in longitudinal girders for moving live loads. 3.5 Bending moments and shears in transverse floor beams. 3.6 Bending moments and shears in transverse floor beams. 3.7 Equivalent uniformly distributed live loads in longitudinal direction. Chapter 4: Slab bridges. 4.1 Highway slab bridges. 4.2 Numerical example of slab design. 4.3 Continuous slab bridges. 4.4 Slabs for railroad bridges. Chapter 5: Deck girder bridges. 5.1 Girder and slab type of floor. 5.2 Design of slabs for floor arrangement in first type. 5.3 Skew crossings. 5.4 Design of main girders. Bridges of girder and slab type. 5.5 Numerical example of design of deck girder bridges. Girder and slab type. 5.6 Type of floor consisting of girders, floor beams and slab. 5.7 Type of floor consisting of girders, floor beams and two- ways slabs. 5.8 Numerical example of design of two- way slab. 5.9 Examples from practice. Chapter 6: Through girder bridges. 6.1 Through bridges with solid slab spanning between girders. 6.2 Floor of through bridges consisting of floor beams and slabs. 6.3 Floor of through bridge consisting of floor beams and two-way slabs. 6.4 Floor design in skew through girder bridges. 6.5 Main girders of through bridges. 6.6 Numerical examples of design of through bridge. 6.7 Examples of floor design with two-way slab. 6.8 Trusses without diagonals. Approximate methods. 6.9 Examples of through girders from practices. Chapter 7: Cantilever bridges. 7.1 Bridges with free cantilever. 7.2 Bridges in which cantilever support short simple spans. 7.3 Examples of continuous bridges. 7.4 Approaches to long-span structures. 7.5 Multi-span rigid frames. 7.6 Continuous through girder bridges. Chapter 8: Design of continuous girders of equal spans. 8.1 Use of fixed-point methods for structural steel girders. 8.2 Design of continuous girders. Fixed-point method. 8.3 Formulas for fixed points. 8.4 Numerical examples for girder with constant and variable moments of inertia. 8.5 Use of fixed points for continuous girders with cantilever. 8.6 Use of fixed points when end of girders is rigidly connected with supporting columns. 8.7 Use of fixed points for constructing influences lines. 8.8 External shears in continuous girders. Chapter 9: Multi- span rigid frames. Fixed-point method. 9.1 Formulas for fixed points and ratios of transference. 9.2 How to solve formulas for fixed points of transference. 9.4 Design of multi-span rigid frames. 9.5 Numerical example of fixed-point method fir rigid frames. Chapter 10: Special problems in rigid-frame design fixed-point methods. 10.1 Corrected bending moments for vertical loading. 10.2 Bending moments in frames for horizontal forces. 10.3 Bending moments in frames for temperature changes and shrinkage. 10.4 Movements of column heads, their causes and effects. 10.5 Formulas for bending moments caused by horizontal and vertical movements of column heads. 10.6 Numerical example. Chapter 11: One span rigid frame bridges. 11.1 General assumptions. 11.2 Procedures for determining bending moments in rigid frames. 11.3 Right-angle frame, hinged ends. Formulas for vertical loads. 11.4 Combined bending moments. Rigid-angle frame with cantilevers. 11.5 Right-angle frame, hinged ends. Horizontal pressures. 11.6 Right angle, temperature changes and shrinkage. 11.7 Examples of design of rigid frames with hinged ends. 11.8 Right-angle frame with counterweighted cantilevers at hinges. 11.9 Right-angle frame. Hinged ends. Fixed-point methods. 11.10 Corrections for vertical loads. Right-angle frame. Hinged ends. 11.11 Corrections for horizontal pressures, Right-angle frame hinged ends. 11.12 Right angle, rigid frame, fixed-ends. 11.13 Fixed-points methods. Right angle fixed-ends. 11.14 Corrections for vertical loads. 11.15 Corrections for horizontal pressure. Right angle with fixed ends. 11.16 Description one-span rigid frames. Chapter 12: Flat-slab bridges. 12.1 Steps in designing flat-slab bridges. 12.2 Bending moments in flat slabs. 12.3 Formulas for flat slabs of equal spans.12.4 Thickness of slab and drop panel. 12.5 Diagonal tension in flat slabs. 12.6 Reinforcement for flat slabs. 12.7 Columns. 12.8 Foundations for flat slab bridges. 12.9 Effect of temperature changes. 12.10 Abutments for flat-slab bridges. 12.11 Flat-slab bridges considered as rigid frames. 12.12 Numerical example. 12.13 Examples from practice. Chapter 13: Miscellaneous General details. 13.1 Effect of temperature and shrinkage. 13.2 Expansion joints. 13.3 Bridges bearings. 13.4 Bearings for slabs bridge. 13.5 Bearings for girders. 13.6 Reinforced- concrete rocker bearings. 13.7 Drainage. 13.8 Waterproofing. 13.9 Railings. 13.10 Reinforcement details. 13.11 Wearing surfaces for decks of concrete bridges. 13.12 Treatment of ex [posed surfaces of concrete bridge. Chapter 14: Abutments and piers. 14.1 Abutments. 14.2 Abutments of gravity and semi-gravity sections. 14.3 Reinforced-concrete abutments. 14.4 T-abutments. Front wall free at top. 14.5 T-abutments. Superstructures anchored at both ends. 14.6 Abutments with counterforts. 14.7 Buried abutments. 14.8 River piers. 14.9 Intermediate vertical supports other than river piers. 14.10 Vertical supports for pile and trestles. 14.11 Footings for isolated columns.

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