Table of contents
Foreword by Jorge Nasarre
1 Introduction to High-Speed Railway Bridges
1.1 Book's content
1.2 What is special about a High-Speed Rail Bridge?
1.3 General ideas on High-Speed Railway Bridges
1.4 Evolution and Trends in High-Speed Bridge Design
1.5 The Landscape and the Design of HSRB
1.6 Railway Bridges as Landmarks or Icons of a Line
1.7 Railway Bridge's Legacy
1.8 Building for the 21st Century
2 Track for High-Speed Bridges
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Specific Criteria for Railway Bridges
2.3 Description of the Trck Superstructure
2.4 Serviceability Limit State SLS Related to the Track
3 Conceptual Design of High-Speed Railways Bridges
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Structural and Functional Specific Requirements for HSR Bridges
3.3 Longitudinal Design Strategies
3.4 Design Situation of High-Speed Railway Bridges
3.5 Structural Types
3.6 Structural Elements - Substructure
3.7 Seismic Design
3.8 Worked Example
4 Design Basis
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Design Situations
4.3 Rail Traffic Actions and Other Actions Specific of Railway Bridges
4.4 Application of Traffic Loads on Railway Bridges
4.5 Traffic Loads for Fatigue
4.6 Verifications Regarding Deformation and Vibrations for Railway Bridges
4.7 Worked Example
5 Dynamic behaviour of HSR bridges
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Methods for Dynamic Calculations and Structural Response
5.3 Interoperability
5.4 Application examples
6 Longitudinal Track-Structure Interaction
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Problem Statement
6.3 Model for Analysis
6.4 Actions
6.5 Verifications
6.6 Rail Expansion Joints
6.7 Longitudinal Schemes
6.8 Example of Track-Structure Interaction
7 Conceptual Design for Maintenance
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Accesses
7.3 Bearings
7.4 Expansion Joints
7.5 Drainage
7.6 Conclusions
Appendix A Basic Concepts of Dynamics
Appendix B Singular Bridges for High-Speed Railway Lines
Index
