Safety and Reliability of Bridge Structures

Safety and Reliability of Bridge Structures

Author: Khaled Mahmoud

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2009-09-21

Total Pages: 649

ISBN-13: 1439859558

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Recent surveys of the U.S. infrastructure‘s condition have rated a staggering number of bridges structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. While not necessarily unsafe, a structurally deficient bridge must be posted for weight and have limits for speed, due to its deteriorated structural components. Bridges with old design features that canno