| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 1345 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Contents |
1. Bridge engineering in Canada / Joost Meyboom -- 2. Bridge engineering in the United States / M. Myint Lwin and John M. Kulicki -- 3. Bridge engineering in Argentina / Toms̀ A. del Carril -- 4. Bridge engineering in Brazil / Augusto Carlos de Vasconcelos, Gilson L. Marchesini, and Jl?io Timerman -- 5. Bridge engineering in Bosnia and Herzegovina / Boris Koboevi?, Bisera Karali?-Hromi?, and Damir Zenunovi? -- 6. Bridge engineering in Bulgaria / Doncho Partov and Dobromir Dinev -- 7. Bridge engineering in Croatia / Jure Radi? and Goran Pu? -- 8. Bridge engineering in the Czech Republic / Jiri Strasky -- 9. Bridge engineering in Denmark / Niels Jr̜gen Gimsing -- 10. Bridge engineering in Finland / Esko Jr̃venp ̃̃-- 11. Bridge engineering in France / Jean-Armand Calgaro -- 12. Bridge engineering in Greece / Stamatios Stathopoulos -- 13 Bridge engineering in Macedonia / Tihomir Nikolovski and Dragan Ivanov -- 14. Bridge engineering in Poland / Jan Biliszczuk, Jan Bie?, Wojciech Barcik, Pawe? Hawryszkw̤, and Maciej Hildebrand -- 15. Bridge engineering in Russia / Simon A. Blank and Vadim A. Seliverstov -- 16. Bridge engineering in Serbia / Radomir Foli? -- 17. Bridge engineering in the Slovak Republic / Ivan Bal?̀ -- 18. Bridge engineering in Turkey / Cetin Yilmaz, Alp Caner, and Ahmet Turer -- 19. Bridge engineering in Ukraine / Mykhailo Korniev -- 20. Bridge engineering in China / Quan Qin, Gang Mei, and Gongyi Xu -- 21. Bridge engineering in Indonesia / Wiryanto Dewobroto, Lanny Hidayat and Herry Vaza -- 22. Bridge engineering in Iran / Shervin Maleki -- 23. Bridge engineering in Japan / Masatsugu Nagai, Yoshiaki Okui, Yutaka Kawai, Masaaki Yamamoto, and Kimio Saito -- 24. Bridge engineering in Chinese Taipei / Yeong-Bin Yang, Dyi-Wei Chang, Dzong-Chwang Dzeng, and Ping-Hsun Huang -- 25. Bridge engineering in Thailand / Ekasit Limsuwan and Amorn Pimanmas -- 26. Bridge engineering in Egypt / Mourad M. Bakhoum -- 27. Benchmark designs of highway composite girder bridges / Shouji Toma -- 28. Highest bridges / Eric Sakowski -- 29. Longest bridges and bridge spans / Lian Duan |
| Summary |
This comprehensive and up-to-date reference work and resource book covers state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice for bridge engineering worldwide. Counties covered include Canada and the United States in North America; Argentina and Brazil in South America; Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Macedonia, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine in the European continent; China, Indonesia, Japan, Chinese Taipei, and Thailand in Asia; and Egypt, Iran, and Turkey in the Middle East.The book examines the use of different materials for each |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 6, 2014) |
| Subject |
Bridges -- Design and construction.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General.
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Bridges -- Design and construction
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chen, Wai-Fah, 1936- editor.
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Duan, Lian, editor
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| ISBN |
9781439810309 |
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1439810303 |
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9781299990722 |
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129999072X |
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