Understanding Bridge CollapsesThis book presents a detailed overview of 20 cases of famous and other highly interesting bridge collapses over the last two centuries. Every case is illustrated and described in detail and the failure analyses made are supported by well-known explanations and, in some cases, by new theories. The chronological order makes it easy to follow the gradual development in the use of different bridge types and the choice of construction material. This analysis of the complex phenomena of fatigue and buckling is a critical area for consulting engineers and for advanced-level and postgraduate students in structural and bridge engineering. |
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2 Ashtabula Bridge 1876 | 17 |
3 Tay Bridge 1879 | 33 |
4 Quebec Bridge 1907 | 53 |
5 Hasselt Bridge 1938 | 79 |
6 Sandö Bridge 1939 | 89 |
7 Tacoma Narrows Bridge 1940 | 97 |
8 Peace River Bridge 1957 | 115 |
13 Britannia Bridge 1970 | 155 |
14 Cleddau Bridge 1970 | 171 |
15 West Gate Bridge 1970 | 179 |
16 Rhine Bridge 1971 | 193 |
17 Zeulenroda Bridge 1973 | 201 |
18 Reichsbrücke 1976 | 213 |
19 Almö Bridge 1980 | 223 |
20 Sgt Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge 2003 | 235 |
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Ashtabula Bridge Aubrey Cosens axial box-girder bridge Bridge collapse bridge deck Britannia Bridge brittle fracture cantilever arm cast iron Cleddau Bridge composite action compression chord concrete construction cover plate critical buckling load critical buckling stress cross-section Dee Bridge deflection deformations diagonals ductile end span Engineering eye-bar chain falsework fatigue crack flange flange plate girder bridge hangers horizontal I-girders increased initiated inner supports joint load-carrying capacity located longitudinal stiffeners lower flange lugs main cable main span material maximum metres mid-span millimetres normal force piers Point Pleasant Bridge Quebec Bridge Reichsbrücke riveted Sandö Bridge self-weight shear simply supported span length splice statically determinate steel stiffening girder stiffening truss strength structure suspension bridge Tacoma Bridge Tacoma Narrows Bridge Tay Bridge Taylor & Francis temperature tensile stresses tension bars traffic train truss bridge truss columns tubes upper flange vertical vibration welding West Gate Bridge wind wrought iron Zeulenroda