The Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Analysis and Design of Bridges held at ~e§me, lzmir, Turkey from 28 June 1982 to 9 July 1982 are contained in the present volume. The Advanced Study Institute was attended by 37 lecturers and participants from 10 different countries. The Organizing Committee consisted of Professors P. Gtilkan, A. C. Scordelis, S. T. Wasti and 9. Yl. lmaz. The guidelines set by NATO for the Advanced Study Institute require it to serve not only as an efficient forum for the dissemination of available advanced knowledge to a selected group of qualified people but also as a platform for the exploration of future research possibilities in the scientific or engineering areas concerned. The main topics covered by the present Advanced Study Institute were the mathematical modelling of bridges for better analysis and the scientific assessment of bridge behaviour for the introduction of improved design procedures. It has been our observation that as a result of the range and depth of the lectures presented and the many informal discussions that took place, ideas became fissile, the stimulus never flagged and many gaps in the engineering knowledge of the participants were "bridged". Here we particularly wish to mention that valuable informal presenta­ tions of research work were made during the course of the Institute by Drs. Friedrich, Karaesmen, Lamas and Parker.

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I. Design Considerations.- Prestressing of Curved Bridges.- Certain Aspects of Bridge Design.- II. Analysis Methods for Steel Bridges.- Overloading and Inelastic Response of Steel Multigirder Bridges.- Steel Curved I and Box Girder Design and Analysis.- Simplified Methods for the Analysis and Design of Bridges of Cellular Cross-section.- III. Concrete Slab and Box Girder Bridges.- Berkeley Computer Programs for the Analysis of Concrete Box Girder Bridges.- Comparative Structural Behavior of Straight, Curved and Skew Reinforced Concrete Box Girder Bridge Models.- Lateral Live Load Distribution in Prestressed Concrete Highway Bridges.- Skew Slab Bridges.- IV.Dynamics and Vibration.- Fluid-Structure Interaction in Analysis of Bridge Piers Part I : Theoretical Preliminaries.- Fluid-Structure Interaction in Analysis of Bridge Piers Part II : Numerical Approach.- Vibrations and Dynamic Behaviour of Actual Bridges.- V.Earthquake and Wind Effects.- Seismic Design of Highway Bridges.- Analysis and Design of Bridges for Earthquake Effects.- Wind Loads on Bridge Structures.- List of Participants.