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This technically complete, entirely up-to-date Second Edition of an incomparable reference/text examines in detail the process of evaluating bridge conditions and methods of capacity, analysis, and offers a thorough study of bridge types-their origins, elements, and failures.
Maintaining and enhancing the clear style and ease of referral that made the first edition internationally popular, Bridge Maintenance Inspection and Evaluation, Second Edition presents new and expanded information on condition ratings, with comprehensive......elucidations of Federal Highway Administration guidelines on specific components....capacity evaluations, including working stress, load factor analysis, and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials new suggested guidelines....underwater inspections and scour critical situations...fracture critical.....culverts and the growing concern about their inspection and mainteinance....decision guidelines for condition ratings...and much more !
