Handbook of International Bridge Engineering

Handbook of International Bridge Engineering
Title Handbook of International Bridge Engineering PDF eBook
Author Wai-Fah Chen
Publisher CRC Press
Pages 1413
Release 2013-10-11
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 143981029X

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This comprehensive and up-to-date reference work and resource book covers state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice for bridge engineering worldwide. Countries covered include Canada and the United States in North America; Argentina and Brazil in South America; Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Macedonia, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine in the European continent; China, Indonesia, Japan, Chinese Taipei, and Thailand in Asia; and Egypt, Iran, and Turkey in the Middle East. The book examines the use of different materials for each region, including stone, timber, concrete, steel, and composite. It examines various bridge types, including slab, girder, segmental, truss, arch, suspension, and cable-stayed. A color insert illustrates select landmark bridges. It also presents ten benchmark comparisons for highway composite girder design from different countries; the highest bridges; the top 100 longest bridges, and the top 20 longest bridge spans for various bridge types including suspension, cable-stayed, extradosed, arch, girder, movable bridges (vertical lift, swing, and bascule), floating, stress ribbon, and timber; and bridge construction methods.

Building the Golden Gate Bridge

Building the Golden Gate Bridge
Title Building the Golden Gate Bridge PDF eBook
Author Harvey Schwartz
Publisher University of Washington Press
Pages 201
Release 2015-09-01
Genre History
ISBN 0295806206

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Silver Award Winner, 2016 Nautilus Book Award in Young Adult (YA) Non-Fiction Moving beyond the familiar accounts of politics and the achievements of celebrity engineers and designers, Building the Golden Gate Bridge is the first book to primarily feature the voices of the workers themselves. This is the story of survivors who vividly recall the hardships, hazards, and victories of constructing the landmark span during the Great Depression. Labor historian Harvey Schwartz has compiled oral histories of nine workers who helped build the celebrated bridge. Their powerful recollections chronicle the technical details of construction, the grueling physical conditions they endured, the small pleasures they enjoyed, and the gruesome accidents some workers suffered. The result is an evocation of working-class life and culture in a bygone era. Most of the bridge builders were men of European descent, many of them the sons of immigrants. Schwartz also interviewed women: two nurses who cared for the injured and tolerated their antics, the wife of one 1930s builder, and an African American ironworker who toiled on the bridge in later years. These powerful stories are accompanied by stunning photographs of the bridge under construction. An homage to both the American worker and the quintessential San Francisco landmark, Building the Golden Gate Bridge expands our understanding of Depression-era labor and California history and makes a unique contribution to the literature of this iconic span.

Boating

Boating
Title Boating PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 1052
Release 1964-01
Genre
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Design of Long Span Railway Suspension Bridges

Design of Long Span Railway Suspension Bridges
Title Design of Long Span Railway Suspension Bridges PDF eBook
Author Gongyi Xu
Publisher Springer Nature
Pages 406
Release
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ISBN 9819983940

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Pacific Service Magazine

Pacific Service Magazine
Title Pacific Service Magazine PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 494
Release 1910
Genre Electrical engineering
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Strait Crossings 2001

Strait Crossings 2001
Title Strait Crossings 2001 PDF eBook
Author J. Krokeborg
Publisher CRC Press
Pages 720
Release 2001-01-01
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 9789026518454

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This volume contains the proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on Strait Crossings, and deals with technology for bridges, sub-sea tunnels, submerged floating tunnels, floating bridges and ferries. It covers planning, construction and maintenance, as well as technical solutions.

Comparative Design of Structures

Comparative Design of Structures
Title Comparative Design of Structures PDF eBook
Author Shaopei Lin
Publisher Springer
Pages 411
Release 2015-11-19
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 3662480441

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This book presents comparative design as an approach to the conceptual design of structures. Primarily focusing on reasonable structural performance, sustainable development and architectural aesthetics, it features detailed studies of structural performance through the composition and de-composition of these elements for a variety of structures, such as high-rise buildings, long-span crossings and spatial structures. The latter part of the book addresses the theoretical basis and practical implementation of knowledge engineering in structural design, and a case-based fuzzy reasoning method is introduced to illustrate the concept and method of intelligent design. The book is intended for civil engineers, structural designers and architects, as well as senior undergraduate and graduate students in civil engineering and architecture. Lin Shaopei and Huang Zhen are both Professors at the Department of Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.