Movable Bridge Design

By: Charles Birnstiel, William Bowden, George Foerster

Hardcover | 16 June 2015

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Movable Bridge Design provides a fascinating and comprehensive guide of both past and current approaches to the design of a wide range of movable bridges.

Against the background of worldwide development, the author provides the necessary information on the mechanical systems that drive movable bridges. A wide range of structures are explored in an accessible format to be used at a practical level.

Key topics of focus are:

Design specifications and standards
Machinery required to operate and stabilise movable spans
Traditional and non-traditional superstructure forms
Materials of construction
Material strength and failure
Examples of hydraulic, electrical and mechanical systems

Movable Bridge Design considers both city and rural movable bridges by providing worldwide examples, as well as discussing the various forms of motive power. This is an essential purchase to inform and guide engineers, engineering consultants, and administrators of governmental agencies, as well as students from these disciplines.

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