Curriculum: ROSE

Term: 2^ndyear, 1^st semester

Syllabus: available here

CFU: 6

SSD: CEAR-07/A

Duration: available here

Schedule: available here

Office hours: by appointment

BRIEF CONTENT AND DESCRIPTION

To equip the students with a thorough understanding of design process of bridges, starting from conceptual design to detailed design of bridge components.

To help the student understand the load flow mechanism of various applied loads, such as truck load, impact, horizontal braking/centrifugal forces, wind and seismic loads on bridges.

Content

Historical background of bridges and types. Review of principles reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete, steel-concrete composite structures. Design process. Construction methods. Review of applicable design codes. Structural analysis tools. Seismic performance and retrofit technologies. Investigation of bridge collapses and damages.

Learning outcomes

The students are expected to be able to understand the load-carrying capacity of various types of bridges, upon learning the structural responses to different kinds of loads. They should be able to design standard short and medium span bridges, with confidence using existing codes of practice at the end of the course.

Instructor

Prof. G.M. Calvi: official webpage and CV available here