Bridge Engineering: Seismic Design

Provides an authoritative treatment of seismic considerations essential to successful bridge designs Includes the requisite geotechnical background and a review of the dynamic and nonlinear analysis of bridge structures Explores both the no-collapse and performance-based design philosophies and includes AASTO-LRFD and Caltrans specifications Mitigating the effects of earthquakes is crucial to bridge design. With chapters culled from the best-selling Bridge Engineering Handbook, this volume se…