Bridge Design

Bridge Design

1. Beam Bridge

   • Types
     • I-Beams
     • Trusses
     • Box Girder
   • Pros & Cons
     • Inexpensive
     • Easy to Build
     • Limited Span
     • Not eye catching
   • Infrastructure
     • Modern
       • Reinforced Concrete
       • Steel
     • Past
       • Wood
       • Stone

2. Arch Bridge

   • Types
     • Corbel Arch Bridge
     • Aqueducts and Canal Viaducts
     • Deck arch bridge
     • Through arch bridge
     • Tied arch bridge
   • Pros and Cons
     • : Wide range of materials can be used
     • Considered attractive
     • very strong
     • Relatively expensive
     • Degns are limited to certain sites
   • Infrastructure
     • Modern
       • Concrte
       • Steel
     • Past
       • Stone

3. Truss Bridge

   • Infrastructure
     • Timber
     • Iron
     • Steel
     • Reinforced concrete
     • Prestressed concrete
   • Types
     • Allan truss
     • Bailey bridge
     • Baltimore truss
     • Bollman truss
     • Bowstring arch truss
     • Brown truss
     • Brunel truss
     • Burr arch truss
     • Cantilevered truss
     • Fink truss
     • Howe truss
     • K truss
     • Kingpost truss
     • Kingpost truss
     • Lattice truss
     • Lenticular truss
     • Long truss
     • Truss arch
   • Pros & Cons
     • Very strong
     • overpass for railroad trains
     • Difficult to construct
     • high maintenance
     • not considered attractive

4. Suspension Bridge

   • Infrastructure
     • Steel Rope
     • multiple wire strand cables
       • Steel chain liks
       • Forged chain links
       • Cast chain links
   • Pros & Cons
     • Span huge distances
     • considered attractive
     • Expensive
   • Types
     • Underspanned
     • Suspension cable
     • Deck structure