Bridges

Edition 2.0 provides updated details and information on various sections, and removing overlapping information. Major changes include:

• Section 2 Concrete Characteristics and Materials
  • Combined original Section 2 and Section 4 and changed the section title.
  • Added Section 2.1 Properties of Concrete, Section 2.2 Specification, Section 2.7 Concrete Mixes, Section 2.11.4 Mass Concrete Placement, Section 2.13.3 Ultra-high Performance Concrete, Section 2.13.5 Geopolymer Concrete.
  • Moved selected texts from the Austroads   Guide to Bridge Technology (AGBT) Part 7   and incorporated into Section 2.9.1 Cracking.
  • Moved ‘Grout and mortar’ to a separate section (Section 5).
• Section 3 Concrete Reinforcing Materials
  • Updated information on material certification in Section 3.1 Manufacture and Supply.
  • Added Section 3.2.7 Welding Procedure Testing, Section 3.3.2 Material Characteristics, and Section 3.6 FRP Reinforcing Material.
  • Added information on ‘failure at couplers’ in Section 3.4.9 Construction Issues.
• Section 4 Concrete Durability
  • Renamed from the original Section 5.
  • Revised Section 4.1 Concrete Distress Mechanisms with supplemented information taken from the   AGBT Part 7   .
  • Added Section 4.2.1 Environmental Exposure Classifications, and Section 4.2.2 Minimum Requirements for Concrete Materials in Adverse Environments.
  • Added brief descriptions of additional techniques for concrete durability assessment such as ultrasonic pulse velocity, half-cell method, delamination detection machinery, and infrared thermography.
  • Added information on the statistical method for determining concrete compressive strength in Section 4.3.13.
• Section 8 Steel Distress Mechanisms and Defects
  • Swapped Section 7 and Section 8.
  • Added Section 8.5 Unusual Deterioration Mechanisms and Section 8.6 Steel Bridge Defects incorporating information taken from the   AGBT Part 7   .
• Added Section 10 Masonry.
• Revised Section 11 Non-metallic Materials to address recent updates on FRP materials.