About the Author

Wojciech Radomski has given guest lectures at 9 universities in Japan (including Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo) and in the US (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and the University of Connecticut, Storrs) and also in Italy (Politecnico di Milano). He was also the designer or co-designer of over 30 bridge structures and the author of over 50 expert opinions on bridge and other structures.

In the last two decades, the rapid deterioration of bridge structures has become a serious technical and economical problem in many countries, including highly developed ones. Therefore, bridge rehabilitation has also become a very essential factor (sometimes even a decisive one) in contemporary bridge engineering. The book covers in synthetic form nearly all the most important problems concerning bridge rehabilitation, such as bridge superstructure and substructure, the typical damage observed in bridges as well as the assessment and evaluation techniques of their technical condition. The book is intended mainly for postgraduate university students. Therefore, all the problems are mostly presented in their physical, chemical and technical as well as economical aspects. The relevant requirements are treated as objective ones, i.e. irrespective of the rules, standards, regulations or guidelines particular to any country. This approach to the subject gives the book a more general character and therefore makes it a useful text for most civil engineering courses.

Contents:

• Introduction, Terminology and General Scope
• Overview of Needs
• Typical Damage of Bridge Structures
• Assessment and Evaluation Techniques
• Some General Problems of Bridge Rehabilitation
• Rehabilitation of Concrete Bridge Superstructures
• Rehabilitation of Steel and Composite Bridge Superstructures
• Rehabilitation of Bridge Deck and Bearings
• Rehabilitation of Bridge Substructure
• Modernization of Concrete, Steel and Composite Bridges