PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN

This book is tailored to the teaching requirements of the Structural Design Principles course for civil engineeringand road, bridge, and river crossing engineering majors in higher education institutions. It references the nationalstandards of the People′s Republic of China and the current transportation industry standards and design codesissued by the Ministry of Transport. The book provides a detailed introduction to the stress characteristics, design principles, calculation methods, and structural design of various basic components of highway bridge and culvertreinforced concrete structures, prestressed concrete structures, and steel structures.Intended as a primary textbook for students majoring in civil engineering, with a focus on roads,bridges, and river crossings at higher education institutions, this book also serves as a valuable resource for professionals involved in the design,research, construction, and management aspects of bridge engineering within highway andurban construction sectors.

Introductions ……………………………………………………………………………………… 1　0. 1　Features and applicability of concrete structures ………………………………………… 1　0. 2　Problems need attention when learning this course ……………………………………… 3Chapter 1　Structure design method based on limit state design …………………………… 5　1. 1　Concept of probabilistic limit state design method ……………………………………… 7　1. 2　Calculation method of the Code for Design of Bridges and Culverts …………………… 18　1. 3　Action, representative value of an action and combination of actions ………………… 23　1. 4　Values of material properties …………………………………………………………… 29　Questions ……………………………………………………………………………………… 32Chapter 2　Introduction to reinforced concrete structures and material properties …… 33　2. 1　Introduction to reinforced concrete structures ………………………………………… 33　2. 2　Concrete ………………………………………………………………………………… 35　2. 3　Reinforcing bar ………………………………………………………………………… 49　2. 4　Bond between reinforcing bar and concrete …………………………………………… 54　Questions ……………………………………………………………………………………… 59Chapter 3　Load-carrying capacity for normal section of flexural members …………… 60　3. 1　Flexural members section and configuration …………………………………………… 60