For advanced systems, like long span suspension bridges, it is necessary to set the global design process in the philosophy of the Performance-based design (P.B.D.), rather than in the conventional prescriptive-based design. In this work a performance approach to the design problem is represented dividing the general treatment of this subject in two points: one related to the performance approach applied to the Messina Strait Bridge, the other related to the modeling phase.
Bontempi, F., Catallo, L., & Sgambi, L. (2004). Performance-based design and analysis of the Messina Strait Bridge. Proceedings of Second ASRANet International Colloquium. Published. Second ASRANet International Colloquium, Barcelona, Spain. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/226883