UNSW Handbook Course - Design of Bridges

Design of Bridges - CVEN4339


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	Contact: Tin Loi,Francis Shay Khiet.
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 4
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisites: CVEN3322, CVEN3324, CVEN4323.
	Offered: Session Two
	Fee Band: 2

Description

Fundamentals of bridge engineering (site selection; bridge type selection; standard superstructures and substructures; bridge hydraulics; bridge form); bridge codes; load distribution in bridges; preliminary design considerations for simply supported beam-and-slab and box girder bridges, continuous beam-and-slab bridges, cable-stayed bridges.

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