Promising areas of design by the example of modern pedestrian bridges
Modern trends in bridge construction are analyzed by the example of pedestrian bridges. These trends include: the use of bionic approach to bridge structure shaping, modern methods of computational analysis and modeling of structure behavior for the design of complex spatial shapes, the use of modern high-strength materials, sustainable design, and the use of the principle of self-tensioning structure - tensegrity. Several bridge designs which implemented these trends are considered as examples.