Table of Contents

Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Structural systems and members 3. Design criteria 4. Cable analysis 5. Effects of prestressing 6. Creep and shrinkage of concrete 7. Stress ribbon structures 8. Suspension structures 9. Cable stayed structures 10. Curved structures 11. Examples

About the Author

Dr Jiri Strasky is the technical director of Strasky, Husty and Partners Ltd., an engineering consultancy in Brno, Czech Republic, which specialises in bridge engineering and which has been engaged in projects in Japan, the UK and US. Visiting professor at the Technical University of Brno, Dr Strasky has won numerous international awards for his designs and technical papers.