Bridge Watching

Edmund W. Jupp

Wherever we go we seem to meet bridges. Mostly we tend to use them almost without noticing them. Yet there is much that is worth seeing in even the humblest specimen if we know where to look and, perhaps, how to look.


Table Of Contents

  • Preface
  • Basics
  • Forces and elasticity
  • Stiffness and strength
  • Kinds of bridges, introduction to
    • Beam bridges
    • Arch bridges
    • Suspension bridges
    • Pontoon bridges
  • Bending
  • Ties
  • Struts
  • Beam bridges
  • Arch Bridges
  • Suspension bridges
  • Pontoon bridges
  • Materials
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
  • References

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