Want to learn more about steel bridge design fundamentals with the help of an AISC award winner and veteran bridge industry expert with over 30 years of bridge engineering experience?
AISC/NSBA has added a new three-part series of self-paced learning modules to its steel bridge engineering curriculum, all led by Francesco Russo, PE, PhD, founder and principal of Russo Structural Services.
Participants can earn up to 34 PDHs by successfully completing all three self-paced modules. Together, the series complements the lesson modules for the AISC/NSBA’s Fundamentals of Steel Bridge Engineering coursework and the NSBA Steel Bridge Design Handbook, providing a comprehensive steel bridge education suite for educators, students, and practicing bridge designers and engineers
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An in-depth study of steel-girder bridges, progressively advancing from foundational concepts to more detailed design and analytical techniques.
Topics include:
- Basic bridge components, design process, and bridge steels
- Bridge planning and layout are addressed
- Selecting the right bridge type, with a review of various steel-bridge types
- Introduction to stringer bridges (e.g., rolled-beam and plate-girder type bridges)
- Principles of load analysis in bridge design, in conjunction with AASHTO specifications
- An in-depth look at the various methods of analysis used in steel bridge design
Each lesson builds on fundamental concepts and introduces advanced topics related to the design of steel-bridge I-section flexural members, culminating in the detailed design of bracing elements for stability.
Topics include:
- Live load placement for critical shear locations and how to compute live load distribution factors for shear
- Calculating shear resistance of webs and designing transverse shear and bearing stiffeners, with several example calculations included
- Steel-bridge I-section flexural members
- Designing steel I-section flexural members for constructability, serviceability, fatigue, and fracture
- Flexural design of noncomposite I-sections during construction and composite I-sections in negative bending
- Composite I-sections in positive bending
- Bracing design for flexural members in steel I-girder bridges, focusing on cross-frames, diaphragms, and lateral bracing
Topics include:
- General overview of the design of welded and bolted joints, and a detailed presentation of welded joints
- Detailed presentation of bolted joints
- Designing tension and compression membersVarious bearings and joints used in steel bridges
- Types of decks for steel bridges, including less common deck types such as metal grid decks and timber decks
- Detailed analysis and design requirements for a concrete bridge deck, as contained in Section 9 of the AASHTO LRFD BDS
Start down the path to earning PDHs with industry experts and NSBA!