ART INTRODUCTION TO THE CHINESE WIND-RESISTANT DESIGN GUIDELINE FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGES

Some main comments upon the Chinese Wind Resistant Design Guideline fo r Highway Bridges are explained. The determination of bridge design wi nd speeds, the calculation of wind loads including the static part and dynamic part, some empirical formulas for basic frequency estimation of cable-stayed bridges and suspension bridges, critical flutter wind speed estimation at the preliminary design stage of bridges and the re sponse spectrum method for estimating the buffeting response of bridge s after completion are introduced. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.