Aesthetic Design in Bridge Engineering 

Kaijie Zhang

School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, 400074, China

Abstract: The "13th Five-Year modern comprehensive transportation system development plan "clearly pointed out that transportation total investment will reach 15 trillion yuan, of which 3 trillion and 500 billion in railway, 7.8 trillion for highway, 650 billion for aviation and 500 billion for water carriage. Such a huge road network construction is bound to bring more demand for bridge construction. However, with the development of social economy, people's demand for the bridge is not satisfied with the economy and application, but also put forward the aesthetic requirements. This requires the majority of bridge engineers in the design and construction of the bridge taking the modeling and mechanics into thinking. This paper starts with the development of bridge aesthetics and the aesthetic concept of modern bridges.

Keywords: Bridge engineering; Aesthetic design; Arts