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Legare Street Press Strength Of Wroughtiron Bridge Members
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Legare Street Press Über Nordamerikanischen Brückenbau
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Legare Street Press Data for Use in Designing Culverts and Shortspan Bridges Volume no.45
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Legare Street Press General Specifications for Steel Railroad Bridges and Structures
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Legare Street Press Transporter Bridges
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Legare Street Press Preliminary Studies in Bridge Design Being the First of a Series of Small Volumes Each Complete in Itself Dealing With the Design of Ordinary Highway Bridges of Moderate Spans
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Legare Street Press The The Theory Practice and Architecture of Bridges of Stone Iron Timber and Wire
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Legare Street Press The The Guide to Railway Masonry
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Legare Street Press Theorie Und Konstruktion Versteifter Hängebrücken ...
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Legare Street Press Traité Des Ponts
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LEGARE STREET PR Le Le Pont Alexandre III À Paris Pont Roulant De Montage Montage Des Arcs
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LEGARE STREET PR General Specifications For Highway Bridges Of Iron And Steel
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Independently Published An Introduction to Bridge Management
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Independently Published An Introduction to Bridge Substructure and Superstructure Inspection
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Independently Published An Introduction to Bridge Elements
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Independently Published An Introduction to Steel Bridge Maintenance and Repair
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International Association for Bridge and Structura Bridge Construction Methods
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ELC Publishing Built to Fail
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Exploring the Mechanics of Ancient Wooden Bridge Construction
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge and Chinas Rise in Global Infrastructure
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Tallest Bridge in The World
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Independently Published Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Chesapeake Interrupted
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Independently Published Essential Concepts in Computational Wind Engineering
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Why Bridges Never Sink
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Mastering Cost Revenue in Construction Projects
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Amber Books Ltd Coast: Where The Land Meets The Sea
Book SynopsisBeaches, marshes, mangroves; cliffs, deserts, forests; bays, deltas, estuaries – coastlines take many different forms and are put to very different uses. From deserted beaches to busy ports, from pretty fishing villages to a surfers’ paradise, a salt marsh to a ship-breakers’ yard, Coasts celebrates where the land meets the sea. From beautiful coastal paths to the shipwrecks left high and dry in the Aral Sea, from world famous locations such as Copacabana Beach in Brazil and Big Sur in California to the little explored coastlines of Yemen and Oman, from Algeria to Antarctica, the Amalfi Coast to the Dead Sea, the book celebrates a huge range in coastlines from all around the world. Including nature reserves and tourist resorts, rugged landscapes and desert island tranquility, fjords and fossils, eroding cliffs to whole towns lost to the waters, the book explores coastlines in all climates and conditions around the globe. Presented in a landscape format and with captions explaining the story behind each entry, Coasts is a stunning collection of images and stories.Table of ContentsIntroduction Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland Edava, Kerala, India The Americas Lake Argentino, Argentina Cormorants, Patagonia, Argentina Perito Moreno Glacier, Lake Argentino, Argentina ‘La Portada’, Antofagasta, Chile Bottlenose Dolphins, Peru Cabo de la Vela, La Guajira, Colombia Pacific Coast, Costa Rica Corumbau, Bahia, Brazil Bartolomé Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Pinnacle Rock, Bartolomé Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Punta del Diablo Beach, Uruguay Cozumel Island, Yucatán, Mexico Malibu, California, USA Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico Thor’s Well, Oregon, USA Florida, USA Exuma Keys, Bahamas Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA Lake Michigan, USA Indian River, Dagsboro, Delaware, USA Acadia National Park, Maine, USA York Beach, Maine, USA Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA Grand Island, New Hampshire, USA Castle Hill Lighthouse, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Wildwood, New Jersey, USA Manhattan, New York, USA Na Pali, Kauai, Hawaii, USA Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA Knight Inlet, British Columbia, Canada Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada Frobisher Bay, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada Ilulissat, Greenland Europe Ponta de São Lourenço Madeira, Portugal Fajã do Ouvidor, São Jorge, Azores, Portugal Ria Formosa, Algarve, Portugal Costa Quebrada, Cantabria, Spain Denia, Alicante Province, Spain Flysch Coast, Zumaia, Basque Country, Spain Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy Grand Canal, Venice, Italy Montenegro, Adriatic Sea Ploumanac’h Lighthouse, Brittany, France Bonifacio, Corsica, France Mont St Michel, Normandy, France Banc d’Arguin, Bassin d’Arcachon, Gironde, Aquitaine, France Grand Crohot Beach, Lège-Cap-Ferret, Gironde, Aquitaine, France Calanques National Park, Provence, France St Agnes, Cornwall, England Lizard Point, Cornwall, England Ladram Bay, Devon, England Chesil Beach, Dorset, England Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove, Dorset, England Bat’s Head, Devon, England Blackpool, Lancashire, England Southwold, Suffolk, England Beach Huts, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England Crosby Beach, Merseyside, England Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England Bow Fiddle Rock, Moray, Scotland Loch Ness, Inverness-shire Scotland Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Republic of Ireland Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Fischland, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Múlafossur Waterfall, Vágar, Faroe Islands, Denmark Near Gothenburg, Sweden Porkkala Peninsula, Finland Hel Peninsula, Pomerania, Poland Jurkalne, Latvia Kaliningrad, Russia Reine, Lofoten Islands, Norway Segla Peak, Senja Island, Troms, Norway Asia Seaweed farm, Xiapu, Fujian, China Chaka Saline Lake, Haixi, Qinghai, China Qingdao, Shandong, China Repulse Bay, Hong Kong Rai Leh Beach, Krabi, Thailand Ha Long Bay, Vietnam Near Nha Trang, Vietnam Daepo Jusangjeolli, Jeju Island, South Korea Haedong Yonggungsa Temple, Gijang-gun, Busan, South Korea Horseshoe Island, Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar Mannar Island Lighthouse, Talaimannar, Mannar Island, Sri Lanka Gokarna, Karnataka, India Stilt fishing, Sri Lanka Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan Chittagong Shipbreakers, Bangladesh Le Morne, Mauritius Caspian Sea, near Baku, Azerbaijan Near Aktau, Kazakhstan Cape Duana, Aral Sea, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan Batumi, Georgia Kobuleti, Adjara, Georgia Rubini Rock, Hooker Island, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia Ust-Barguzin, Lake Baikal, Russia Biya River, Lake Teletskoye, Altai Republic, Russia Tobizin Cape, Russkiy Island, near Vladivostok, Russia Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Vilyuchinski volcano, Kamchatka, Russia Africa & The Middle East Legzira Beach, Tiznit, Morocco Rabat, Morocco Bay of Tangier, Morocco Oran, Algeria Blue Hole Diving Site, Sinai, Egypt Nile River, Aswan, Egypt Beached Ship, Somalia Nabuyatom Crater, Lake Turkana, Kenya Lamu Archipelago, Kenya Pangane, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique Anse Source d’Argent Beach, La Digue, Seychelles Hawsbill Turtles, Cousine Island, Seychelles Inhassorro, Inhambane, Mozambique Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa Cape Town, South Africa Skeleton Coast, Namibia Volta River, Ghana Lobé Falls, Kribi, Cameroon Dead Sea, Israel Assad Reservoir, Euphrates Valley, Ar Raqqah, Syria Mediterranean Coast, Turkey Narlikuyu, Mersin, Turkey Salt Lake, Iran Musandam, Oman Al-Jalali Fort, Bandar al Khayran, Muscat, Oman Qalansiya Beach, Detwah Lagoon, Socotra Island, Yemen Qalansiya Beach, Socotra Island, Yemen The Pacific, Atlantic and Antarctica Miho No Matsubara Beach, Shizuoka, Japan Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan Hatago Iwa Rock, Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa, Japan Hualien, Taiwan Near Hatta Island, Maluku, Indonesia Padar Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia Sanur Beach, Bali, Indonesia Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Near Narooma, New South Wales, Australia Noosa National Park, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia Antarctic Sound Koekohe Beach, Otago, South Island, New Zealand Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand Punakaiki, South Island, New Zealand Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand Muriwai Beach, North Island, New Zealand Orongo, Easter Island The Neck, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands Astrolabe Needle, Brabant Island, British Antarctic Territory Andersson Island, Antarctic Sound St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia
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The History Press Ltd Where Bridges Stand: The River Lee Bridges of
Book SynopsisMost people remember the flooding of Cork in 2009 and the tremendous damage that was caused. Less well-known is that this was not the first time this had happened. On 1 November 1853 another flood of immense proportions poured into the city from the west. On that occasion the main bridge in the city, St Patrick’s Bridge, was swept away and with it the lives of between fifteen and twenty people. Where Bridges Stand: The River Lee Bridges of Cork City tells the story of how the city grew around, and in harmony with, the bridges that span the twin channels of the River Lee, the people and the historical contexts associated with the building projects that saw Cork grow from a medieval walled town to the thriving commercial port and modern city that it is today.
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Indiana University Press The Covered Bridges of Monroe County
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Cable Supported Bridges
Book SynopsisFourteen years after its last edition, this work has been significantly updated with corrections and brand new imagery throughout. Since the appearance of the second edition the dynamic response of cable supported bridges has increased in focus, and this development is recognized with a new chapter on dynamic actions.Trade Review"Pleasingly, this book is comprehensively referenced for those wishing to delve into further detail. While not a manual for detailed design, the contents of the book provide a comprehensive knowledge base for students and experienced engineers seeking to expand their understanding of these structures, which themselves continually challenge the boundaries of what is possible." (Engineering and Computational Mechanics, 11 October 2013) "The book is well organised into components: cables, pylons and anchorages, and goes into every possible detail ... The book strikes a perfect balance between theory and practice. Professors Gimsing and Georgakis set out to give us an authoritative book about the evolution, trends and technical response of cable-supported bridges, and they have achieved that well." (The Structural Engineer, 1 April 2012) "Comprehensively updated to discuss improvements in technology in the fourteen years since its last printing, the third edition of this volume on the theory and design of cable supported bridges provides a detailed, element-by-element discussion of the core principles of suspension bridge design." (Book News, 1 April 2012)“The book strikes a perfect balance between theory and practice. Professors Gimsing and Georgakis set out to give us an authoritative book about the evolution, trends and technical response of cable-supported bridges, and they have achieved that well.” (The Structural Engineer, 1 April 2012) Table of ContentsPreface to the Third Edition ix Introduction 1 1 Evolution of Cable Supported Bridges 7 2 Cables 85 2.1 Basic Types of Cables 85 2.1.1 Helical bridge strands (spiral strands) 85 2.1.2 Locked-coil strands 87 2.1.3 Parallel-wire strands for suspension bridge main cables 88 2.1.4 New PWS stay cables 90 2.1.5 Parallel-strand stay cables 91 2.1.6 Bar stay cables 93 2.1.7 Multi-strand stay cables 94 2.1.8 Parallel-wire suspension bridge main cables 97 2.1.9 Comparison between different cable types 101 2.2 Corrosion Protection 102 2.2.1 Suspension bridge main cables 102 2.2.2 Stay cables 105 2.3 Mechanical Properties 109 2.3.1 Static strength 109 2.3.2 Relaxation 111 2.3.3 Fatigue strength 111 2.3.4 Hysteresis of helical strands 113 2.4 The Single Cable as a Structural Element 115 2.4.1 Transversally loaded cable 115 2.4.2 Axially loaded cable 126 2.5 Static Analysis of Cables 131 2.5.1 Equation of state for a cable subjected to vertical load 132 2.5.2 Stay cable under varying chord force 135 2.5.3 Limit length and efficiency ratio of a stay cable 143 2.6 Bending of Cables 148 2.7 Dynamic Behaviour of the Single Cable 157 3 Cable System 165 3.1 Introduction 165 3.1.1 Pure cable systems 165 3.1.2 Cable steel quantity comparison 170 3.1.3 Stability of the cable system 173 3.2 Suspension System 179 3.2.1 Dead load geometry 179 3.2.2 Preliminary cable dimensions 180 3.2.3 Quantity of cable steel 182 3.2.4 Quantity in the pylon 184 3.2.5 Total cost of cable system and pylon 185 3.2.6 Optimum pylon height 185 3.2.7 Size effect 187 3.2.8 Structural systems 188 3.3 Fan System 202 3.3.1 Anchor cable 202 3.3.2 Preliminary cable dimensions 205 3.3.3 Quantity of cable steel 206 3.3.4 Quantity in the pylon 208 3.3.5 Simplified expressions 208 3.3.6 Total cost of cable systems and pylons 209 3.3.7 Comparison between suspension and fan system 209 3.3.8 Inclined pylons 210 3.3.9 Deformational characteristics 213 3.3.10 Structural systems 217 3.3.11 Reduction of sag variations 221 3.4 Harp System 222 3.4.1 Dead load geometry 225 3.4.2 Intermediate supports 226 3.4.3 Preliminary cable dimensions 227 3.4.4 Quantity of cable steel 229 3.4.5 Quantity of the pylon 229 3.4.6 Simplified expressions 231 3.4.7 Total cost 231 3.4.8 Structural systems 231 3.5 Hybrid Suspension and Cable Stayed System 235 3.6 Multi-Span Cable System 239 3.6.1 True multi-span cable supported bridges 241 3.6.2 Non-traditional multi-span suspension bridges 246 3.6.3 Fixing of column-type pylons to piers 249 3.6.4 Triangular pylon structures 250 3.6.5 Horizontal tie cable between pylon tops 258 3.6.6 Comparison between deflections of different multi-span cable stayed systems 261 3.7 Cable Systems under Lateral Loading 265 3.8 Spatial Cable Systems 272 3.9 Oscillation of Cable Systems 278 3.9.1 Global oscillations 278 4 Deck (Stiffening Girder) 287 4.1 Action of the Deck 287 4.1.1 Axial stiffness 287 4.1.2 Flexural stiffness in the vertical direction 287 4.1.3 Flexural stiffness in the transverse direction 289 4.1.4 Torsional stiffness 291 4.2 Supporting Conditions 291 4.3 Distribution of Dead Load Moments 299 4.3.1 The dead load condition 302 4.4 Cross Section 310 4.4.1 Bridge floor 310 4.4.2 Cross section of the deck 310 4.4.3 Cross section of stiffening trusses 328 4.5 Partial Earth Anchoring 339 4.5.1 Limit of span length for self-anchored cable stayed bridges 343 4.5.2 Axial compression in the deck of the self anchored cable stayed bridge 344 4.5.3 Lateral bending of the deck 346 4.5.4 Partial earth anchoring of a cable stayed bridge 346 4.5.5 Improving the lateral stability 348 4.5.6 Construction procedure for partially earth anchored cable stayed bridges 349 5 Pylons 353 5.1 Introduction 353 5.2 Structural Behaviour of the Pylon 353 5.3 Pylons Subjected Primarily to Vertical Forces from the Cable System 367 5.4 Pylons Subjected to Longitudinal Forces from the Cable System 399 5.5 Cross Section 405 6 Cable Anchorage and Connection 413 6.1 Anchoring of the Single Strand 413 6.2 Connection between Cable and Deck 427 6.3 Connection between Main Cable and Hanger 433 6.4 Connection between Cable and Pylon 442 6.5 Connection between Cable and Anchor Block 452 7 Erection 463 7.1 Introduction 463 7.2 Construction of Pylons 463 7.3 Erection of Suspension Bridge Main Cables 472 7.4 Erection of Stay Cables 486 7.5 Deck Erection - Earth Anchored Suspension Bridges 489 7.6 Deck Erection - Self Anchored Cable Stayed Bridges 501 8 Aerodynamics 517 8.1 Historical Overview 517 8.1.1 Nineteenth-century bridge failures 517 8.1.2 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse 517 8.1.3 The Carmody Board 520 8.1.4 The Fyksesund Bridge 520 8.2 The Bridge Deck and Pylon 520 8.2.1 Torsional divergence 520 8.2.2 Coupled flutter 524 8.2.3 Buffeting 526 8.2.4 Vortex-shedding 531 8.2.5 Wind tunnel testing 532 8.2.6 During construction 537 8.2.7 Effects of vehicles 538 8.2.8 Pylon aerodynamics 538 8.2.9 Vibration control 541 8.2.10 Future trends 543 8.3 Cables 544 8.3.1 Introduction 544 8.3.2 Incidences of wind-induced cable vibrations 544 8.3.3 Rain-wind-induced vibrations 545 8.3.4 Dry galloping 546 8.3.5 Scruton number 549 8.3.6 Wake galloping 550 8.3.7 Aerodynamic countermeasures 551 8.3.8 Mechanical damping 583 8.3.9 Cable aerodynamic damping 557 8.3.10 Cross ties 557 9 Particular Issues 559 9.1 Pedestrian-Induced Vibrations 559 9.1.1 Lateral vibrations 559 9.1.2 Vertical vibrations 562 9.1.3 Serviceability limit states 565 9.1.4 Vibration control 567 9.2 Seismic Design 568 9.2.1 Earthquake intensity 569 9.2.2 Pylon design 569 9.2.3 Deck design 571 9.2.4 Foundations 571 9.2.5 Seismic analysis 572 9.3 Structural Health Monitoring 573 9.3.1 Equipment 573 9.4 Snow and Ice Removal and Prevention Systems 575 9.4.1 Mechanical removal 575 9.4.2 Thermal systems 577 9.4.3 Passive protection 577 References 579 Index 587
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Emerald Publishing Limited Arch Bridges
Book SynopsisThis text brings together current knowledge on all aspects of bridge behaviour, covering developments in construction, design, analysis, repair and maintenance. Case histories are used to illustrate the methods used.Table of ContentsGeneral Metal arches Reinforced concrete arches Analysis Computer analysis Experimental/load tests Flat arches Assessment Repair and maintenance New masonry/mass concrete arches
£95.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Stress Ribbon and CableSupported Pedestrian
Book SynopsisIllustrated throughout, Stress Ribbon and Cable-Supported Pedestrian Bridges provides numerous international examples and case studies of outstanding structures. This new edition has been fully updated to bring text in to line with Eurocodes and includes new examples and case studies to showcase the advances in design techniques and testing.Table of ContentsForeword 1. Introduction 2. Structural systems and members 3. Design criteria 4. Cable analysis 5. Effects of prestressing 6. Creep and shrinkage of concrete 7. Stress ribbon structures 8. Suspension structures 9. Cable stayed structures 10. Curved structures 11. Examples
£117.32
Emerald Publishing Limited Bridge Design to Eurocodes UK Implementation
Book SynopsisAn enduring record of the UK's Eurocodes implementation for bridge design, with papers written by invited experts who have been at the very heart of Eurocode developments in the UK.Table of ContentsSECTION 1-1: Overview of Eurocode implementation and programme SECTION 1-2: EN1990 - Basis of Structural Design SECTION 1-3: EN1991 - Actions EN1998 - Seismic Design SECTION 1-4: EN1992 - Concrete SECTION 2-1: EN1993 - Steel SECTION 2-2: EN1994 - Composite EN1995 - Timber SECTION 2-3: EN1997 - Geotechnical SECTION 2-4: Application Future developments
£146.78
Emerald Publishing Limited Movable Bridge Design
Book SynopsisAgainst the background of worldwide development, this book provides a fascinating and comprehensive guide of both past and current approaches to the design of a wide range of movable bridges.Table of ContentsIntroduction Movable bridge architecture Traditional superstructure forms Non-traditional superstructure forms Design specifications and standards Materials of construction Material strength and failure Power transmission components Span drive machinery arrangements Stabilizing machinery Structural design Mechanical design Gearing and speed reducer design Hydraulic system design Electrical system design Future trends
£124.45
Emerald Publishing Limited Bridge Construction Equipment
Book SynopsisBridge Construction Equipment provides exhaustive coverage of new and emerging bridge construction technology and modern construction methods for all bridge professionals looking to save time, labour and costs, reduce risk, and increase the value and quality of projects through mechanized bridge construction.Bridge construction equipment is becoming increasingly more complex and sophisticated. With extensive illustrations, the book explores industry trends for every family of machines and their configurations for operations, loading, kinematics, launch and lock systems, performance, productivity and structure-equipment interaction. Each chapter also includes extensive coverage of deck fabrication.Through numerous case studies, the book examines design and operational flaws, as identified by the author throughout his 31 years in the industry, describes the design and procurement of specialist equipment, and provides an outline of technical specifications for easy adaptaTable of ContentsPreface List of symbols Introduction Launching gantries for precast I-beams Launching gantries for span-by-span erection of precast segments Launching forming systems for span-by-span in-place casting Launching units for balanced cantilever construction Form travellers for segmental casting of the deck slab of composite bridges Placement systems for precast spans Design loads Specific design issues Drafts of technical specifications References
£110.68
Emerald Publishing Limited Bridge Monitoring
Book SynopsisBridge Monitoring provides practical guidance on the monitoring of bridges, with a particular focus on the use of sensor technologies and bridge monitoring systems. As vital infrastructure assets, it is important that bridges are monitored effectively to ensure that they continue to be safe, operational and appropriately maintained.Bridge Monitoring: provides a new look at the reasons for, and possible outcomes from, monitoring bridges discusses how to specify and plan for the instalment of a monitoring system outlines recent developments in sensor technologies includes a selection of international bridge monitoring case studies. Part of a series of best practice guides written by experts at the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC), this book provides valuable information which will be useful to a range of stakeholders involved in the design, construction and management of bridges.
£79.32
Emerald Publishing Limited Railway Bridge Maintenance
Book SynopsisRailway Bridge Maintenance, Second edition provides a thorough overview to assist those involved in the maintenance and management of existing railway bridges, dating from the early nineteenth century to the present, that are essential in supporting railway operations.The second edition has been updated to reflect the current challenges bridge engineers face in assessing conditions and making informed decisions on cost-effective maintenance, repairs, upgrades and replacements. It also provides support to infrastructure engineers and planners who analyse, interpret and make decisions on large populations of bridge structures as part of the long-term planning and preparation of maintenance budgets.Railway Bridge Maintenance, Second edition: is fully updated to reflect the modern methods of asset management, remote condition monitoring and the use of new materials contains over 80 illustration to provide guidance for common defects offers a r
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Emerald Publishing Limited ICE Manual of Bridge Engineering
Book SynopsisThe ICE Manual of Bridge Engineering is the industry's leading guide to the engineering of all types of bridges. This book has been written by a team of leading experts and contains all of the key topics that any bridge engineer needs to refer to.
£237.50
Emerald Publishing Limited ICE Handbook of Concrete Durability
Book SynopsisICE Handbook of Concrete Durability, second edition is a comprehensive practical reference for professionals involved in design and maintenance of concrete structures of all types. It is an invaluable guide for construction professionals, including design engineers, consultants and contractors, as well as postgraduate students.Table of ContentsIntroduction – Design life of Concrete Structures. Physical and Chemical Deterioration Mechanisms – an overview. Pore Structure and Transport Processes. Deterioration Mechanisms – Physical. - Abrasion resistance, - Freeze-thaw resistance (frost attack), - Fire resistance Deterioration Mechanisms – Chemical Acid attack. - Sulphate attack (including hydrogen sulphide attack). - Alkali-silica reaction - Steel reinforcement corrosion Carbonation induced corrosion of steel reinforcement. Chloride induced corrosion of steel reinforcement. Durability of non-Portland cement based binders – John Provis Durability of concretes with recycled demolition aggregate Durability Performance Tests - evaluating the durability of concrete mixes. Non-destructive testing and structural health monitoring to assist service life estimates and durability – Sreejith Nanukuttan & P.A. Muhammed Basheer. Modelling/Predicting the effects of deterioration mechanisms – to be expanded to include deterministically and probabilistic durability modelling techniques Construction materials that can be used to improve the durability performance of reinforced concrete structures (Materials selection for improved durability performance). - Chemical admixtures - Mineral admixtures. - Alternative materials for the reinforcement and prestressing of concrete. Construction processes for improved durability. - Concrete manufacture – Quality Control. - Specification and achievement of cover to reinforcement. - Curing of concrete. - Controlled permeability formwork. Design aspects that can reduce the risks from deteriorating mechanisms. Case studies of durability problems - more practical and recent examples of working (or not working). Repair Methods. Issues related to performance-based specifications for concrete Advances in durability design and performance-based specification Durability Design and Performance Based Specification of Concrete (EN206 Annex J) - more practical advice of how to get things done with “dos and don’ts”. (to combine above two into one chapter with more specific information relating to EN 206 and BS 8500). Service life design and whole life costing - Prof Evan Bentz
£133.00
American Society of Civil Engineers Bridginess More of the Civil Engineering Life
Book SynopsisSuitable for civil engineers, this title deals with the subjects of urban sprawl, airport infrastructure planning, and bridges.
£28.76
American Society of Civil Engineers Bridge Demolition Engineering
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Skyway
Book SynopsisOn the morning of May 9, 1980, during sudden violent weather, a 600-foot freighter struck a support pier of the fifteen-mile Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The main span splintered and collapsed 150 feet into Tampa Bay. Seven cars and a Greyhound bus fell over the broken edge and into the churning water below. Thirty-five people died. Skyway tells the entire story of this horrific event.
£15.26
University of South Carolina Press The Great Cooper River Bridge
Book SynopsisThe Cooper River Bridge opened in 1929, and for the first time connected Charleston directly to the north. This volume is a complete history of the bridge, exploring how early 20th-century Charleston helped shape the bridge, and how the bridge subsequently shaped the city.
£20.85
Springer Verlag, Singapore 70 Years of China’s Bridges
Book SynopsisThe book takes time as the axis, selecting 98 bridges (or bridge groups) across the country and 7 representative bridges out of the country, reflecting the steps and development of China's bridge construction in related majors and engineering technicians in colleges and universities. This book aims to let the general public understand the arduous history of China's bridge construction and the rapid development of China's bridge construction without the country's economic development, strength, and hard work of the bridge people. It is also hoped that the public will enjoy the convenience of bridges, highways, railroads, and urban roads and at the same time enhance their awareness of bridge knowledge, knowledge, love, and scientific use of bridges. This book is used by the general public to understand the development of China's bridge construction, but also as a reference book for teachers and students of bridge engineering-related majors and engineering technicians in colleges and universities.Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Origin and Development of Bridges.- Chapter 2 Using Foreign Experience for Reference and Laying a Foundation for Further Bridge Development.- Chapter 3 Taking Full Advantage of Local Materials and Innovating in Bridge Technology.- Chapter 4 Learning Advanced Technology and Starting Rising.- Chapter 5 Rapid Development and Becoming a World Power in the Number of Bridges. Chapter 6 Making Technological Breakthrough and Becoming a World Power in Bridge Technology.- Chapter 7 Entering Foreign Lands and Becoming Established on the World Stage.- Chapter 8 Looking Back at the Past whilst Looking Forward to the Future.
£35.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Bridge Engineering Handbook
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