Depending on the increasing raw material costs in the construction area, it is becoming
more and more significant to design the structures using minimum materials. For steel …

Traffic patterns increasing and the degradation of existing railway steel bridges has lead to
the need of an assessment of their remaining fatigue life, and deciding whether to retrofit or …

The large number of existing bridges and viaducts all around the country has become a
major problem for bridge owners. In the specific case of steel truss bridges, a reasonable …

Fatigue life estimation of metal historical bridges is a key issue for managing cost‐effective
decisions regarding rehabilitation or replacement of existing infrastructure. Because of …

This chapter deals with the assessment and rehabilitation procedures related to steel
railway bridges. The study considers first the main causes of in-service failures, then …

There are many studies on the optimization of steel trusses in literature; and, a large number
of them include a shape optimization. However, only a few of these studies are focused on …

The increasing traffic demand is continuously growing worldwide. Therefore, the life of a
large stock of bridges that still exist throughout the world must be extended, ensuring at the …

Traffic patterns increasing and the degradation of existing roadway steel bridges due to poor
maintenance has led to the need of an assessment deciding whether to retrofit or to supply a …

This paper deals with the analysis and design of long-span pre-stressed modified warren
trusses under gravity load. An in-house finite element code is developed in MATLAB using …

Application of newly developed high strength steel hollow sections is increasing in
construction industry–especially for bridge structures–due to their satisfactory material …