The development of bridge construction is discussed in this book, which is one of a series about the science and history of the world's largest structures. Thousands of years ago people used natural bridges, such as fallen tree trunks to help them cross rivers, streams and valleys. New technology and modern materials have helped us move on from these simple beginnings. This book describes the building of the longest bridge in the world; illustrates the different types of bridge, arch, beam and s...
Innovation-Oriented Contemporary Chinese Bridges
A complete guide to China's most innovative and awe-inspiring bridge projects by the people who built them. China has seen an explosion of bridge projects over the past fifteen years. This new book from China's government-level China Highway and Transport Society selects the 103 most innovative projects and reveals exactly how these ambitious and highly technical engineering accomplishments were achieved. The key technical data, images, plus the construction drawings and plans enable the reade...
All I Care about Is Bridge Building and Like Maybe Three People
by Real Joy Publications
Authoritative and comprehensive, this fully revised, restructured and updated second edition of the "ICE Manual of Bridge Engineering" has been written and edited by a team of leading experts and presents valuable contributions from across the field within a single resource. The second edition comprehensively addresses key topics within bridge engineering, from history and aesthetics to design, construction and maintenance issues. This edition includes: practical 'how to' approach; significant n...
Arch Bridges
Modern structural engineering surprises us with the mastery and certainty with which it plans and carries out daring projects, such as the most recent metal or concrete bridges, whether they be suspension or arch bridges. On the other hand, little is yet known about the state of knowledge of construction science and techniques which, well before the arrival of modern methods based on the mechanics of deformable continua, made it possible in the past to erect the vaulted masonry structures rthat...
This book is intended to be an anthology of the important bridges of the past and present, and to present the reader with the evolution of this ancient art. It will be written for the general public but will be a book of high quality that can be enjoyed for the aesthetic beauty of the photographs, or read for an appreciation of human genius and the scientific secrets that exist in the art of construction. The captions will have an important task: carefully planned, these will give significant an...
An Introduction to Longitudinal Design of Post-Tensioned Box Girders for Highway and Bridge Structures
by J Paul Guyer
Ponte Morandi - Autopsia di una strage
by Luca Cozzi and Eugenio Ceroni
'Strangers On A Train meets The Pact in this high concept thriller: daring, dramatic and totally original, I loved it.' Gillian McAllisterHow far would you go to save a perfect stranger? Maggie is trapped. Dumped on her wedding day, rejected by her family and hounded by a man determined to make her suffer. Charlotte is desperate. Double-crossed by her only friend and facing total ruin, she will go to any lengths to save what matters.Two women, one night. A decision that will change everything.
Improving the Performance of Bridge Expansion Joints (TRL report, #236)
by J.R. Cuninghame and C.P. Barnard
Expansion joints in bridges have long experienced the problem of inconsistent performance as well an unacceptably high incidence of premature failure; a situation caused by number of factors, including selection procedure and installation conditions. This report is the result of a study by a Working Group set up by the County Surveyors' Society and TRL Working Party on Highway Research whose objective was to propose the means to improve the consistency of performance and value for money of expan...