Understanding Bridge Collapses

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CRC Press, Apr 21, 2014 - Technology & Engineering - 280 pages
This 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.
 

Contents

1 Dee Bridge 1847
1
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

9 Second Narrows Bridge 1958
123
10 Kings Bridge 1962
129
11 Point Pleasant Bridge 1967
139
12 Fourth Danube Bridge 1969
149
Literature
247
Picture and photoreferences
257
Index
263
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Bjornesson is a former lecturer at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Currently he is a consulting engineer and the author of several books focusing on the design and analysis of steel structures, especially bridges. He also published Plate Buckling in Bridges and Other Structures, a comprehensive account of local buckling in bridges (Taylor & Francis, 2007).

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