One disadvantage of a beam bridge is that they can be costly to build. Beam bridges can use cheap materials like concrete, but need to be supported with other materials that are expensive like steel mesh.
1- Very heavy members
2- Camber in beams and slabs
3- Very small margin for error
4- Connections may be difficult
5- Need bracing during on-site erection of structure
6- somewhat limited building design flexibility
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Concrete with compressive strength more than 55 MPa is known as high strength concrete.It is used in the construction of bridges, dams. etc.,High strength concrete is produced by adding normal constituents of concrete with admixtures.
The main disadvantage of compacting concrete using a cement vibrator is the noise. The advantages of compacting concrete using a cement vibrator is to remove trapped air and excess water which then allows the concrete settle firmly.
Structural concrete is used in the construction of buildings, bridges, dams, etc. Typically there are more codes governing the use of concrete as a construction material and the concrete used has higher strength. Non-structural concrete is typically defined as being used for the construction of non structural elements. These could be parking lots, sidewalks, handicap ramps, etc. A lower strength concrete can be used and there are less rules pertaining to its use.
They rot and break down because they are soggy. they get old and they do not last as long as a concrete bridg.
Iqbal Husain has written: 'Performance of integral abutment bridges' -- subject(s): Abutments, Bridges, Bridges, Concrete, Concrete Bridges 'Semi-integral abutment bridges' -- subject(s): Abutments, Bridges, Bridges, Concrete, Concrete Bridges
Older concrete bridges deteriorate because of vibration and earth movement.
Roy Edward Towe has written: 'Concrete bridge design' -- subject(s): Bridges, Bridges, Concrete, Concrete Bridges, Design and construction
Brian C Best has written: 'Abnormal loading on composite slab bridges [by] B.C. Best and R.E. Rowe' -- subject(s): Bridges, Concrete, Concrete Bridges, Strains and stresses, Testing 'Tests of a prestressed concrete bridge incorporating transverse mild-steel connectors' -- subject(s): Bridges, Concrete, Concrete Bridges, Models, Prestressed concrete, Testing
Paul Mondorf has written: 'Concrete bridges' -- subject(s): Concrete Bridges, Design and construction, Prestressed concrete construction, Reinforced concrete construction
John R. Salmons has written: 'End connections of pretensioned I-beam bridges' -- subject(s): Bridges, Concrete, Concrete Bridges, Design and construction, Prestressed concrete beams
Vernon Peter Jensen has written: 'Ultimate strength of reinforced concrete beams as related to the plasticity ratio of concrete' -- subject(s): Reinforced concrete, Girders, Testing, Strains and stresses 'Highway slab-bridges with curbs' -- subject(s): Girders, Bridges, Concrete, Strains and stresses, Concrete Bridges 'Solutions of certain rectangular slabs continuous over flexible supports' -- subject(s): Girders, Bridges, Concrete, Strains and stresses, Concrete Bridges
David B Beal has written: 'Failure test of a jack-arch bridge' -- subject(s): Arched Bridges, Bridges, Arched, Bridges, Concrete, Concrete Bridges, Testing
Luis Saenz Duplace has written: 'Puentes prefabricados de hormigon armado para carreteras' -- subject(s): Bridges, Bridges, Concrete, Concrete Bridges, Precast concrete construction, Tables
K. P. Dellos has written: 'Legkie betony v mostakh' -- subject(s): Concrete Bridges, Lightweight concrete, Concrete bridges
The steel rods are there to strengthen the concrete - making it reinforced concrete.