Preface
About the Author
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: History of Railway Truss Bridges
PART A: Theory and Structural Analysis of Railway Truss Bridges
Chapter 2: Stability and Determinacy of Railway Truss Spans
Chapter 3: Loads and Forces on Railway Truss Bridges
Chapter 4: Statically Determinate Railway Truss Span Analysis
Chapter 5: Statically Indeterminate Railway Truss Span Analysis
Chapter 6: Displacements of Truss Spans
Chapter 7: Secondary Flexural Stresses in Truss Members
Chapter 8: Lateral and Longitudinal Loads on Railway Truss Spans
PART B: Structural Design of Railway Truss Bridges
Chapter 9: Design of Railway Truss Members
Chapter 10: Design of Truss Tension Members
Chapter 11: Design of Truss Compression Members
Chapter 12: Design of Truss Member Connections and Splices
Index
Biography
John F. Unsworth is Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) who holds a bachelor of engineering (B.9781032737409Eng.) degree with distinction in civil engineering from Concordia University (Montreal) and a master of engineering (M.Eng.) degree in structural engineering from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver). He retired as Chief Bridge Engineer at the Canadian Pacific Railway in 2018 and was subsequently employed as a consultant with AECOM until his retirement in 2022. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.
He is the former President of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-way Association (AREMA) and has served as the Chair of AREMA Committee 15—Steel Structures and the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Bridge Research Advisory Committees. As recognition of his service to those organizations, he is an Emeritus Member of AREMA Committee 15 and Chair Emeritus of the AAR Bridge Research Advisory Committee. He is also a former member of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Transportation Research Board where he served on the Steel Bridges Committee for over a decade. He continues to provide service to the industry through the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA), AREMA, AAR and the International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA).
He has contributed to the fifth edition of the Structural Steel Designer’s Handbook and the IHHA Best Practices books. He is the author of the second edition of the CRC Press book Design and Construction of Modern Steel Railway Bridges.
