Cable-Stayed Bridges

40 Years of Experience Worldwide. With Live Lectures on DVD

Svensson, Holger

1. Edition May 2012
458 Pages, Hardcover
1265 Pictures (887 Colored Figures)
Handbook/Reference Book

ISBN: 978-3-433-02992-3

Ernst und Sohn, Berlin

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The need for large-scale bridges is constantly growing due to the enormous infrastructure projects. This book describes the design analysis, cable types and fabrication, and erection methods. With approx. 200 built examples. Note: The lecture videos are not part of the e-book.

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The need for large-scale bridges is constantly growing due to the enormous infrastructure development around the world. Since the 1970s many of them have been cable-stayed bridges. In 1975 the largest span length was 404 m, in 1995 it increased to 856 m, and today it is 1104 m. Thus the economically efficient range of cable-stayed bridges is tending to move towards even larger spans, and cable-stayed bridges are increasingly the focus of interest worldwide.
This book describes the fundamentals of design analysis, fabrication and construction, in which the author refers to 250 built examples to illustrate all aspects. International or national codes and technical regulations are referred to only as examples, such as bridges that were designed to German DIN, Eurocode, AASHTO, British Standards. The chapters on cables and erection are a major focus of this work as they represent the most important difference from other types of bridges.
The examples were chosen from the bridges in which the author was personally involved, or where the consulting engineers, Leonhardt, Andrä and Partners (LAP), participated significantly. Other bridges are included for their special structural characteristics or their record span lengths. The most important design engineers are also presented.
Note: The lecture videos which are attached to the print book on DVD are not part of the e-book.

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Design fundamentals
Design guidelines
THE DEVELOPMENT OF CABLE-STAYED BRIDGES
Predecessor bridges
Cable-stayed bridges with steel deck
Cable-stayed bridges with composite deck
Cable-stayed bridges with composite deck
Special cases
ROPES AND CABLES
Locked coil ropes
Parallel bar cables
Parallel wire cables
Parallel strand cables
Corrosion protection
Manufacturing
Supervision
Cable anchorages
Cable dimensioning
Dynamic behavior of cables
Cable assembly and erection
PRELIMINARY DESIGN
Analysis of equivalent systems
Analysis of overall structural systems
Dynamic behavior of bridges
Protection against ship collision
Calculation examples
ERECTION
Examples
Analysis
BUILT EXAMPLES
Precast concrete decks: Pasco-Kennewick Bridge, East Huntington Bridge
CIP cable-stayed concrete bridge: Helgeland Bridge
Steel cable-stayed bridge: Strelasund Bridge
Composite cable-stayed bridge: Baytown Bridge
Bridges with hybrid decks: Normandy Bridge
Series of cable-stayed bridges: Millau Viaduct, Rion-Antirion Bridge
PROSPECT
LISTS
Bridges
References
Photo credits
APPENDIX - 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN BRIDGE ENGINEERING WORLDWIDE
Personally
Bridges in Germany
Cable-Stayed bridges abroad
New developments resulting from competition participation
Checking of bridges
Technical Committees and Working Groups
Actual projects
Conclusion
DVD with LECTURE VIDEOS recorded at the Technical University of Dresden is attached to the print book
Note: The lecture videos which are attached to the print book on DVD are not part of the e-book.

This great work has been the best academic
book in cable-stayed bridges since construction
and design of cable-stayed bridges authored
by W. Podolny and J. B. Scalzi published in 1976 (Steel Construction 3/2012)

Holger Svensson's name stands for 40 years of large-scale bridge construction the world over. He obtained his diploma from Stuttgart University and, since 1972, has worked with the world-famous Fritz Leonhardt. At LAP, Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Holger Svensson, PE, CEng, FIStructE, has been active as structural engineer, project manager and chief engineer, and from 1992 to 2010 as managing director and chairman of the board. He has been responsible for the design analysis, construction engineering and checking of cable-stayed bridges around the world, such as the Pasco-Kennewick Bridge over the Columbia River, USA, and the Helgeland Bridge over Leirfjord, Norway.
Since 2009 he has been a lecturer and since 2012 is a professor at Dresden University where he teaches all aspects of the design and construction of cable-stayed bridges.
Holger Svensson was for eight years a vice-president of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) and is currently an independent consulting engineer and a member of the juries for German bridge and structural engineering prizes.