Bridge Engineering: A Global PerspectiveBridge Engineering: A Global Perspective is a comprehensive review of how we create and maintain bridges - one of the most vital yet vulnerable parts of our infrastructure - and how we got where we are today.Its 800 illustrated pages in full colourprovide a unique and authoritative reference for practitioners, researchers and students alike on the state-of-the-art of bridge engineering world-wide, from local community footbridges to vast multi-modal crossings between nations. |
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An encyclopedia of bridges!
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Comprehensive - even exhaustive - catalogue of bridges by type, (especially Spanish examples) with excellent pictures, both historical and contemporary.
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
BRIDGES AND THEIR HISTORICAL EVOLUTION | 43 |
BRIDGES AND THEIR MATERIALS | 83 |
beginning of the twentieth century | 135 |
BRIDGES THEIR RESISTANT STRUCTURES | 207 |
ARCH BRIDGES | 265 |
BEAM BRIDGES | 349 |
FRAME BRIDGES | 449 |
CABLESUPPORTED BRIDGES SUSPENSION AND STAYED | 477 |
SINGULAR BRIDGES | 689 |
| 743 | |
| 757 | |
| 763 | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Bridge Engineering: A Global Perspective ICE Publishing complete digital collection : Structures and buildings |
| Author | Leonardo Fernández Troyano (Ingénieur civil) |
| Contributor | Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Thomas Telford, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0727732153, 9780727732156 |
| Length | 775 pages |
| Subjects | › › Technology & Engineering / Civil / General |
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