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This paper describes wisdom of ancient engineering practice. The first wisdom is about a biology-based method for bridge-scour protection. A number of historical bridges across waterways in China served for more than 1000 years without significant structural damages. Protection provided by cultivated oysters is believed to be responsible for their excellent performance in scour protection. This offers a green approach to mitigate bridge scour. Another story is about natural hazard warning. A number of historical records indicated that major natural hazards are typically accompanied by abnormal behaviors of animals. The first successful prediction of earthquake occurrence is the Haining earthquake of China. The prediction and evacuation order was partially based on observed abnormal behaviors of animals. The paper also describes an innovative sticky-rick lime mortar used in ancient construction and bio-inspired sensors that potentially can improve existing understanding of bridge-scour mechanisms. In the authors' opinion, these historical heritages will continue to inspire emerging engineering practice.
This paper describes wisdom of ancient engineering practice. The first wisdom is about a biology-based method for bridge-scour protection. A number of historical bridges across waterways in China served for more than 1000 years without significant structural damages. Protection provided by cultivated oysters is believed to be responsible for their excellent performance in scour protection. This offers a green approach to mitigate bridge scour. Another story is about natural hazard warning. A number of historical records indicated that major natural hazards are typically accompanied by abnormal behaviors of animals. The first successful prediction of earthquake occurrence is the Haining earthquake of China. The prediction and evacuation order was partially based on observed abnormal behaviors of animals. The paper also describes an innovative sticky-rick lime mortar used in ancient construction and bio-inspired sensors that potentially can improve existing understanding of bridge-scour mechanisms. In the authors' opinion, these historical heritages will continue to inspire emerging engineering practice.
Wisdom of Ancient Engineering Practice in China
Yu, Xiong (Autor:in)
Geo-Congress 2014 ; 2014 ; Atlanta, Georgia
Geo-Congress 2014 Technical Papers ; 3985-3993
24.02.2014
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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