Classification of Bridges by Span
Bridges have been categorized in many ways. They have been categorized by their principal use as highway, railroad, pedestrian, pipeline, etc.; […]
Bridges have been categorized in many ways. They have been categorized by their principal use as highway, railroad, pedestrian, pipeline, etc.; […]
Saddles atop towers of suspension bridges may be large steel castings in one piece (Fig. 15.35) or, to reduce weight, partly
In the past, the method of protecting the main cables of suspension bridges against corrosion was by coating the steel with
The following summary of elementary statics of cables applies to completely flexible and inextensible cables but includes correction for elastic stretch.
Structural analysis of a suspension bridge is that step in the design process whereby, for given structural geometry, materials, and sizes,
Self-anchored suspension bridges differ from the type discussed in Arts. 15.16 only in that external anchorages are dispensed with (see
The static behavior of a cable-stayed girder can best be gaged from the simple, two-span example of Fig. 15.54. The girder
In general, the height of a pylon in a cable-stayed bridge is about 1â„6 to 1â„8 the main span. Depth
The wind-induced failure on November 7, 1940, of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in the state of Washington shocked the engineering profession.
For short-span structures (under about 500 ft) it is commonly assumed in seismic analysis that the same ground motion acts simultaneously