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Train Loadings for Railroad Bridges
The great advance made within recent years in the matter of metallic bridge construction, and the gradual convergence of opinions towards uniformity in our practice, has led many to hope for and believe in a final solution of all the various minor points connected therewith. The writer never has accepted any such idea, and does not believe that we have reached the end of our education or development in any direction. The tendency to seek for a “final standard” in any engineering construction, regardless of changing conditions, is a harmful one. Take from the engineer the right of professional judgment, and how does he differ from an automaton? While the writer does not believe that all the disputed points in engineering practice can ever be brought to positive uniformity, we can, by fair and thoughtful discussion, approach it more and more.
Train Loadings for Railroad Bridges
The great advance made within recent years in the matter of metallic bridge construction, and the gradual convergence of opinions towards uniformity in our practice, has led many to hope for and believe in a final solution of all the various minor points connected therewith. The writer never has accepted any such idea, and does not believe that we have reached the end of our education or development in any direction. The tendency to seek for a “final standard” in any engineering construction, regardless of changing conditions, is a harmful one. Take from the engineer the right of professional judgment, and how does he differ from an automaton? While the writer does not believe that all the disputed points in engineering practice can ever be brought to positive uniformity, we can, by fair and thoughtful discussion, approach it more and more.
Train Loadings for Railroad Bridges
Cooper, Theodore (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 31 ; 174-184
2021-01-01
111894-01-01 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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