Overview

The Forth Rail Bridge Centenary Conference considers the design and construction of the bridge and then presents reviews of recent developments in all aspects of structural engineering. Invited keynote papers cover bridges, wide span and space structures, industrial structures, structural analysis and many other topics.

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Author:   B.H.V. Topping
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Spon Press
Weight:   1.315kg
ISBN:  

9780419152408

ISBN 10:   0419152407
Pages:   700
Publication Date:   13 September 1990
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Bridges and Space Structures. Part 1: History of Structural Engineering (with reference to the Forth Rail Bridge). The Forth Bridges - D G McBeth, Kenchington Little plc, Edinburgh, Scotland. Forth Crossing Challenges at Queensferry before the Rail Bridge - R A Paxton, Lothian Regional Highways Department, Edinburgh, Scotland. American Long Span Metal Truss Experience Prior to the Fifth of Forth - F E Griggs, Department of Civil Engineering Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts, USA Part 2: Recent Structural Engineering Projects in Scotland. Railway Engineering in Scotland Today - W D F Grant, Scotrail, Edinburgh, Scotland. The St Enoch Centre, Glasgow - DS Blackwood, Ove Arup & Partners Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. New Visitor Facilities at Edinburgh Castle - T H Douglas, James Williamson & Partners, Glasgow, Scotland. Part 3: Bridge Engineering. Progress in Bridge Engineering - D J Lee, G Maunsell and Partners, London, England. The Fixed Traffic Link Across the Great Belt in Denmark - N J Gimsing, Department of Structural Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark. Corrosion Resistance in Steels for Motorway Bridges - K Johnson, British Steel Technical, Swinden Laboratories, Rotherham and W Ramsay, British Steel, General Steels Comercial, Motherwell, Scotland. Fiber Reinforced Plastic Bridges in Chongqing 1983-1988 - R N Bruce, Department of Civil Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. The Test Performance of a Full-Scale Prestressed Brickwork Bridge Abutment - S W Garrity and T G Garwood, Department of Civil Engineering & Building, Bolton Institute of Higher Education, Bolton England. Optimum Cost Design of Composite and Noncomposite Steel Bridges - M Mafi, Department of Civil Engineering, Union College, Schenctady, New York, USA. A Computer-based Methodology for Investigation of Brige Vehicle/Superstructure interaction - T E Fenske and S M Fenske, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. A Reliability-Based Capacity Rating of Existing Bridges by Incorporating System Identification - H-N Cho, Department of Civil Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, C-B Yun, Department of Civil Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea, A H-S Ang, Department of Civil Engineering, University of California, Irvine, USA., M Shinozuka, Department of Civil Engineering, Princeton University, USA. Bridge Rail Design and Crash Worthiness - M Elgaaly, H Dagher and S Kulendran, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, USA. Part 4: Reinforced Concrete Bridges. A Simple Economic Design Method for Bridge Deck Slabs - B de V Batchelor and P Savides, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. Behaviour of Integral Reinforced Concr

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