based on the purpose of maintaining thepractical, economic, elegant and durable advantages of conventional concretearch bridge and overcoming its defects such high construction risk and poorstructural ductility, the book discusses on appropriate structure system and constructiontechnology for arch bridge construction in mountainous areas, proposes thesteel box- concrete composite arch bridge with comprehensive advantages underthe appropriate conditions, elaborates its structural principle, constructiontechnology and strength and weakness, proposes the steel box-concretePBH shearconnection structure, establishes its analytical method and shearing strengthcalculation formula according to the test study and theoretical analysis, undertakesthe bending performance test study of steel box-concrete composite components, discussesthe total-process structural behavior from loading and damaging, establishesits bearing capacity formula, elaborates, with pictures and texts, the majorstructural details of steel box- concrete composite arch and presents theapplication examples of steel box-concrete composite arch bridge in three bridges.

The book can be usedas reference book for engineering technical personnel and scholars engaged inbridge-related work as well as teaching reference book for students of relevantmajors.

Zhou Zhixiang, professor, doctoral supervisor, oneof the first national candidates for New Century Hundred, Thousand and Ten ThousandTalent Project; winner of the special governmental allowance of the StateCouncil; academic leader of bridge and tunnel discipline in Chongqing, directorof national key lab cultivation base for mountainous bridges and tunnels;director of Bridge and Structure Engineering Committee of Chinese CivilEngineering Society; undertaking more than 20 national and provincial/ministerialscience and technology projects, publishing more than 100 papers and 5monographs and teaching materials; granted with 23 patents of invention;granted with 15 provincial/ministerial science and technology achievementaward; invented and applied successfully in practice “Steel Box-ConcreteComposite Arch Bridge” and “Cross-tensioned Prestressed Concrete Girder ConstructionMethod”.