**Meet the editor**

Dr. Hamid Yaghoubi is the director of Iran Maglev Technology (IMT). He became the Iran top researcher in 2010. In this regard, he was awarded by the Iranian president; the Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology; and the Iranian Minister of Information and Communication Technology. He became the 2011 and 2012 Outstanding Reviewer for the *Journal of Transpor-*

*tation Engineering* (JTE), *American Society of Civil Engineers* (ASCE), USA. One of his journal papers became the 2011 Top Download Paper for JTE. He received the ICCTP2011 Award for the 11th International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals (ICCTP2011), ASCE. He is an assistant chief editor and an editorial board member for some journals. He has been a reviewer for the majority of journals, books and conferences. He has also been an editor for some books. He has cooperated with hundreds of international conferences as a chairman, a keynote speaker, a chair of session, a publication chair, and a member of committees, including scientific, organizing, steering, advisory, technical program, and so on. He is also a member of several international committees.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Wang

Selcuk Bas

Hamid Yaghoubi

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Modern Bridges 1**

**New Materials in 2050 5**

**Number of Data Sets 27**

Khairullah Yusuf and Roszilah Hamid

**Prediction of Long-Span Bridges 43**

Chapter 6 **Wind Action Phenomena Associated with Large-Span Bridges 83**

Chapter 7 **Bridges Subjected to Dynamic Loading 111** Ján Benčat and Robert Kohár

Chapter 5 **Recent Advances in the Serviceability Assessment of**

Javier Fernando Jiménez-Alonso and Andrés Sáez

Chapter 2 **The Feasibility of Constructing Super-Long-Span Bridges with**

Faham Tahmasebinia, Samad Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh Sepasgozar, Hannah Blum, Kakarla Raghava Reddy, Fernando Alonso-Marroquin, Qile Gao, Yang Hu, Xu Wang and Zhongzheng

Chapter 3 **Developing a Bridge Condition Rating Model Based on Limited**

**Footbridges Under Pedestrian-Induced Vibrations 61**

Daniel C. Vaz, Raquel A.B. Almeida and António R. Janeiro Borges

Chapter 4 **Structural Identification (St-Id) Concept for Performance**
