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BME Department of Structural Engineering
1. Name of the subject, code
2. Language
3. Topics of the subject
4. Type
5. Lecture/Practice/Laboratory/Credit/
requirement (exam (v) or in semester (f))
6. Pre-study requirement (code)
7. Recommended semester
8. Cross-semester
9. Lecturer(s)
10. Attendance on lectures (%), check of attendance at least 70 %, occasionally by attendance list
11. Conditions to receive signature
13.a Number of design projects/ homework
13.b Assignment of design projects/ homework
13.d Deadline for submission of design pro-
jects/homework + repetitions of submission
15. Type of exam
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18. Lecture notes
19. Required time to complete the subject
Bridges and Infrastructures (BMEEOHSAS43)
English
Historical development of bridges. Basic terms of bridges. Classifi-
cation of bridges. Superstructure systems. Typical superstructures of
steel, steel and concrete composite as well as concrete bridges. Com-
posite action between main girders. Basis of bridge design. Traffic
load models and their application rules for highway and railway
bridges. Testing of bridges. Substructures of bridges: abutments and
piers. Bridge equipment. Conceptual design of bridges. Fitting of
bridges into environment, bridge aesthetics. Supervision of bridges.
Reconstruction and strengthening of bridges. Civil engineering work
in traffic infrastructure.
Branch of structural engineering (compulsory)
2/0/0/3/v
Steel structures (BMEEOHSAT42), Reinforced concrete structures
(BMEEOHSAT43)
5th
available
Dr. Jáger Bence
(a) Fulfilment of pre-studies and registration in NEPTUN
(b) Successful submission of homework
(c) at least 70 % attendance
 / 3 homework (HW)
HW #1: week #2
HW #2: week #6
HW #3: week #8
HW #1: week#7
HW #2: week#9
HW #3: week#13
Repetition of submission (subject to repetition fee): one week after
each normal submission
written
HWs: 10%+10%+10%, exam: 70%
Hirt, M., Lebet, J-P.: Steel Bridges: Conceptual and Structural De-
sign of Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges, 1st edition,
EPFL Press, Lausanne, 2013 ISBN-13 978-1-4665-7296-6
Iványi M.: Hídépítés, Műegyetemi Kiadó, Budapest, 1998, ISBN
963 420 478 X, pp. 18-75.
White, K.R., Minor, J., Derucher, K.N.: Bridge Maintenance Ins-
pection and Evaluation, Second edition, Marcel Dekker Inc., New
York, 1992 ISBN 0-8247-8609-2, pp. 101-116., pp. 121-124., pp.
131-141.
Pipinato, A. (Ed.): Innovative Bridge Design Handbook  Const-
ruction, Rehabilitation and Maintenance, Elsevier, 2016, ISBN:
978-0-12-800058-8
Lectures: 2×13 hours, completion of HW: 15+15+15 hours. Home
study for the exam: 17. Total: 90 hours (3 credit × 30 hours/credit)
 Program

week Topic
1. Historical development of bridges. Basic terms of bridges. Classification of bridges (func-
tion, structural system, material etc.). Typical features of basic structural systems. Relation
between structure and flow of forces. Superstructure systems.
2. Superstructures of concrete girder bridges (plates, grid systems, precast multiple girder super-
structures, box girders). Arrangement of structural elements, essence of flow of forces. Com-
posite action of main girders (influence line).
Homework #1: Structural elements of bridges.
3. Superstructures of steel girder bridges (grid systems: longitudinal and transversal beams, solid
and truss systems; box girders; deck slabs). Arrangement of structural elements, essence of
flow of forces. Composite action of main girders (influence line).
4. Basis of bridge design (design concept, codes). Overview of actions on bridges (permanent,
variable, accidental, seismic). Traffic load models for highway bridges.
5. Internal forces of girder bridges.
Homework #2: Separation of main girders by using influence line for lateral load distribu-
tion.
6. Application rules for traffic load models.
7. Traffic load models for railway bridges.
Homework #1: submission
8. Superstructures of steel and concrete composite girder bridges (grid systems: longitudinal
and transversal beams, solid and truss systems; box girders; concrete deck slab; shear con-
nection). Arrangement of structural elements, essence of flow of forces. Composite action of
main girders (influence line).
Homework #3: Calculation of critical internal forces.
9. Substructures of bridges: abutments and piers (structural system, flow of forces).
Homework #2: submission
10. Bridge equipment (bearings, dilatations, restraining systems, drainage).
11. -
12. Construction methods of bridges.
13. Conceptual design of bridges (geotechnical conditions, selection of structural system and
material, positioning of supports, selection of cross-section for superstructure, drainage sys-
tem etc.). Fitting of bridges into environment, bridge aesthetics.
Homework #3: submission
14. Civil engineering work in traffic infrastructure (concrete pavements, tunnels).