Understanding bridge collapses / 
[edited by] Björn Åkesson. 
 - xiv, 266 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-261) and index. 
<br/><br/> Dee Bridge (1847) --  Ashtabula Bridge (1876) --  Tay Bridge (1879) --  Quebec Bridge (1907) --  Hasselt Bridge (1938) --  Sando Bridge (1939) --  Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) --  Peace River Bridge (1957) --  Second Narrows Bridge (1958) --  Kings Bridge (1962) --  Point Pleasant Bridge (1967) --  Fourth Danube Bridge (1969) --  Britannia Bridge (1970) --  Cleddau Bridge (1970) --  West Gate Bridge (1970) --  Rhine Bridge (1971) --  Zeulenroda Bridge (1973) --  Reichsbrucke (1976) --  Almo Bridge (1980) --  Sgt. Aubrey Cosens V.C. Memorial Bridge (2003). 
<br/><br/> "Richly illustrated and in a straightforward style, the author has provided 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. The increase of knowledge and experience in the structural engineering discipline over the years is clearly observable, although every modern engineer will admit that both fatigue and buckling are very complex phenomena and that knowledge about them can increasingly profit from studying past bridge construction projects failures"--Publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415436230 9780415436236 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008011017 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bridge failures
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TG470  / .U53 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>624.2