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Use of thin boards in tension, as principal stress-carrying members of bridge, was advocated from 1830 to 1850 by J.R.Remington of Alabama; bridge built at Montgomery with 436 ft span carried horse-drawn vehicles; shorter structures were in use in England; novel bridge design was comprehensively reported in series of articles by K.Culmann in Allgemeine Bauzeitung, Vienna, vol 16, "Timber Bridges" 1851 and vol 17 "Iron Bridges" 1852; material presented is from free translation by M.Steinhaus.
Use of thin boards in tension, as principal stress-carrying members of bridge, was advocated from 1830 to 1850 by J.R.Remington of Alabama; bridge built at Montgomery with 436 ft span carried horse-drawn vehicles; shorter structures were in use in England; novel bridge design was comprehensively reported in series of articles by K.Culmann in Allgemeine Bauzeitung, Vienna, vol 16, "Timber Bridges" 1851 and vol 17 "Iron Bridges" 1852; material presented is from free translation by M.Steinhaus.
Remington's Wood bridges
Civ Eng (NY)
Culmann, K. (author)
1968
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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