MODERN THEORY FOR WIND RESISTANT BRIDGE AND ITS APPLICATION

This paper presents the theory for wind resistant bridge developed under the support ofNatural Science Foundation of China in the 1996-2000 key project (No. 59895410), and theexperience gained from its engineering application to long-span bridges in China. Main concerns are placed on the wind environment around the bridge site and its simulation, the methodology of wind-induced problems about bridges, and aerodynamic design and evaluation of long-span bridges. One can see the development in theory and practice about wind resistant bridges in China.