About the Book: Bridge Deck Analysis
This book, Bridge Deck Analysis, provides bridge designers with the knowledge to
understand the behaviour of bridge decks, to be familiar with, and to understand
the various numerical modelling techniques, to know which technique is most
suited. Design of reinforced concrete bridges is normally done on the basis of a
structural analysis. The purpose of the analysis is to find a distribution of
sectional forces which fulfils equilibrium and is suitable for design. In the
past structural analyses were often done with simplified models, for example
two-dimensional (2D) equivalent beam or frame models. Such a model is not able
to describe