The book is revised on the basis of its second edition and still mainly about highway bridges, but also expounds the bridge composition, planning and design principles of municipal engineering, railway and other different works, by widening the original industrial boundary. With the latest codes, the book represents the latest technical achievements and developments of bridge engineering as well as adds examples and after-class review and thinking questions for the sake of students to study and understand. The book includes ten chapter: Introduction, Bridge Deck System and Bearing, Simple-supported Girder (Slab) Bridge, Arch Bridge, Continuous Girder Bridge, Continuous Rigid Frame Bridge,Suspension Bridgeand Cable-stayed Bridge. The book is oriented mainly for the teachers and students of road and bridge engineering and can also be used as the reference book for relevant professionals.
Chen Baochun, D.E., Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Fuzhou University and Expert Entitled to Special Allowances of the State Council; now acting as the discipline leader of bridge and tunnel engineering, Fuzhou University, Principal of Fujian Provincial College Innovation Team-- “Research on New Technology for Large-span Arch Bridge”, and Executive Deputy Director of Sustainable and Innovative Bridge Engineering Research Center of Fujian Province University (SIBERC). He is an ex-officio member and secretary-general of Permanent Scientific Committee of International Conference on Arch Bridges, Director of China Council of International Association for Bridge Management and Safety (IBAMSA), Deputy Director-general of China Steel Construction Society—Association for Steel-Concrete Composite Structures, and executive director of Bridge and Structural Engineering Branch of China Highway and Transportation Society.
Major research direction: arch bridge, seamless bridge, composite structure, ultra-performance concrete bridge, and hollow-slab bridge. His research is at the international leading level in terms of research and application of CFST arch bridges. He has been honored with one 2nd Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, two 1st prizes, six 2nd prizes and one 3rd prize of the provincial science and technology awards.