
Movable Bridge Design
ICE Publishing
1st Edition
Published on 16. June 2015
Book
Hardback
424 pages
978-0-7277-5804-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 192 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1079 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7277-5804-0 (9780727758040)
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Persons
Charles Birnstiel is a highly accomplished civil engineer with 50 years of technical experience, 20 of which was spent in full-time university teaching and research, and 30 years spent in industry, mostly in the field of movable highway and railway bridges. He is the author of the chapter on movable bridges which appeared in the ICE Manual of Bridge Engineering.
Content
Introduction Movable bridge architecture Traditional superstructure forms Non-traditional superstructure forms Design specifications and standards Materials of construction Material strength and failure Power transmission components Span drive machinery arrangements Stabilizing machinery Structural design Mechanical design Gearing and speed reducer design Hydraulic system design Electrical system design Future trends