Point Pleasant ‘Silver’ Bridge
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Détails bibliographiques
| Auteur(s): |
Martín Eduardo Polimeni
(Faculty of Engineering of the University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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| Médium: | chapitre de livre | ||||
| Langue(s): | anglais | ||||
| Publié dans: | Case Studies on Failure Investigations in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering | ||||
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| Page(s): | 147-154 | ||||
| Nombre total de pages (du PDF): | 8 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/cs004.ch12 | ||||
| Abstrait: |
This chapter presents the forensic investigations of the collapse of the Point Pleasant Bridge. The collapse of this bridge has left important lessons learnt about, among other issues, the importance of the choice of the appropriate fracture-toughness steel to be used in bridges, the concept of structural redundancy, and the correct and systematic need for inspection and maintenance of existing bridges. Likewise, it was the beginning of important modifications in the analysis of fracture and fatigue of steel bridges in the standards and codes. |
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| Copyright: | © 2023 International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) | ||||
| License: | Cette oeuvre ne peut être utilisée sans la permission de l'auteur ou détenteur des droits. |
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