CEE 641: Highway Bridges

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641 Highway Bridges. I or II; 3cr. Design applications in structural steel, reinforced and prestressed concrete to simple span and continuous highway bridges; AASHTO Specifications and loading applications; composite concrete-steel bridges; lateral and longitudinal forces on superstructure and substructures; pier design; multicell box culverts; orthotropic plate decks. P:Civ Engr 345 and 347. Oliva.

Course Prerequisite(s)

CEE 445
CEE 447

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Entering students must be able to complete basic design of steel and reinforced concrete structures.

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

(required) AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications

Course objectives

Upon completing this class students are expected to have the basic skills necessary to perform preliminary design of various types of simple highway bridges satisfying AASHTO LRFD code requirements.

Topics covered

AASHTO LRFD loadings and combining loads to determine maximum force effects;
design of concrete slab bridges;
design of concrete floor decks;
design of rolled steel composite girder bridges;
design of precast prestressed concrete girder bridges;
pier design including strut and tie design of pier caps;
concrete box culverts.

Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes

This course primarily serves students in the department. The information below describes how the course contributes to the undergraduate program objectives.

This class primarily fulfills part of the Departmental objective of providing a comprehensive education in engineering fundamentals.

Class and Departmental Outcomes:

This class involves multiple small design projects completed by all students as homework problems and an individual major design project selected and presented by each student at the semester end. Students are expected to-

a.) be able to understand AASHTO simplified methods of loading and load distributing loads in bridge structures; (Dept outcomes 2.0 , 2.4)

b.) be able to select an appropriate structure type and complete the preliminary design of various types of bridge systems using AASHTO LRFD methods. (Dept 2.4, 6.1, 8.0)

Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

Student assessment is through their bridge design homework problems.

Person(s) who prepared this description

Michael G. Oliva

Copyright 2007 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Date last modified: 02-Aug-2007
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