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Civ407 - Bridge Design - Syllabus

This document provides information about the CIV407: Bridge Design course offered in the winter of 2009. It outlines the instructor details, meeting times, prerequisites, required texts, course description and objectives, grading breakdown, and comments. The course focuses on the design and analysis of short and medium-span highway bridges using the Load and Resistance Factor Design methodology. Topics include bridge types, loads, limit states, analysis methods, and the design of reinforced concrete, steel, and prestressed concrete bridges. Students will complete homework, exams, and a final design project.

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Civ407 - Bridge Design - Syllabus

This document provides information about the CIV407: Bridge Design course offered in the winter of 2009. It outlines the instructor details, meeting times, prerequisites, required texts, course description and objectives, grading breakdown, and comments. The course focuses on the design and analysis of short and medium-span highway bridges using the Load and Resistance Factor Design methodology. Topics include bridge types, loads, limit states, analysis methods, and the design of reinforced concrete, steel, and prestressed concrete bridges. Students will complete homework, exams, and a final design project.

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CIV407: BRIDGE DESIGN

WINTER 2009
Instructor: Professor C.J. Riley (you may call me C.J.)
Office: Owens 113
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays from 1pm to 3pm and Tuesdays from 10am to 11am, or
when my door is open, or by appointment
Phone: 885-1922
Email: [email protected]
Website: Blackboard CE will be used – let me know if you do not have access

Class Meetings: Wednesdays 3 – 6 pm in Cornett 115C – Transportation Lab

Prerequisites: CIV328 - Structural Analysis and Co/Prerequisites: CIV344 – Structural Steel Design
or CIV331 – Reinforced Concrete Design

Texts:
Required: Design of Highway Bridges, An LRFD Approach, 2nd Ed., Richard M. Barker and Jay A.
Puckett, Wiley 2007, ISBN: 0-471-69758
Provided: AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, Customary U.S. Units, 4th Edition, 2007
with 2008 Revisions

Course Description:
Highway bridges are an integral part of our transportation network and are the costliest part of that
network on a per-mile basis. The design and analysis of highway bridges requires knowledge of
traditional structural analysis techniques, behavior of structural steel and reinforced, prestressed, or
post-tensioned concrete, and practical aspects of bridge operation and maintenance. This course
will provide an introduction to the design and analysis of short and medium-span bridge
superstructures with specific examples of reinforced concrete slab bridges, steel deck girder bridges,
and prestressed concrete girder bridges.

Topics:
• Historical bridge design
• Structural design process
• Aesthetics of highway bridges
• Bridge types and selection
• ASD and LRFD design methodologies
• Loads
• Limit states
• Influence functions and girder-line analysis
• Bridge plan production
• Bridge design and analysis software (BRASS)
• Design examples:
o Reinforced concrete slab bridge design
o Steel girder design
o Prestressed girder design concepts
Objectives:
• Understand bridge performance requirements
• Develop a working knowledge of bridge types and design requirements
• Understand the general purpose and logic of the AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications
• Perform the design calculations for the superstructure of a bridge type of your choice

Grading: This may vary depending on the success of the class in general, but you can calculate your
grade by compiling simple weighted averages of your work:
• A: 90-100%
• B: 80-90%
• C: 70-80%
• D: 60-70%
• F: <60%

Actual grades will be made available upon request as the course progresses. The weighting of
assigned work is as follows:
• Homework: 25%
• Midterm Exam: 20%
• Final Exam: 20%
• Final Project: 30%
• Participation in class discussion: 5%

Comments:
• There will be significant group work. Each class period will begin with a lecture that may or
may not run the entire 3 hours. Any remaining time will be used for group discussion and
supervised problem solution time.
• Your solution to homework problems and design calculations for the final project should be
orderly, neat, and ultimately reviewable. A critical element in bridge design is the checking
of design calculations. Your work must stand up to scrutiny in the event of a failure or
litigation for any other reason!

Annoying details:
• Use of cell phones in class is not tolerated. When you are in the classroom you should not
have your phone on. If it rings, I get to answer it. You should not engage in any texting or
anything else involving a phone, ipod, or any other communication device. You should be
engaged and focused on the content of the class. Your actions have a direct impact on the
respect you show your classmates and instructor.
• Academic honesty – the university policy on this (effectively a two-strike policy) is very
serious. Don’t make the mistake of violating it.

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