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A suspension bridge comprises at least one continuous cable 4 having ends 12, 13 attached to ground anchors and passing over the top of at least two towers 1, 2. The cable supports a deck 3 which curves upwards away from the mid-span position of the bridge towards at least one end, forming a concave curvature on the upper surface. The deck may curve upwards towards both ends. The suspension bridge may span water 5, and may allow ships 9, 10 to pass under the bridge close to either end. The bridge may further comprise water-immersed damping means such as a buoyancy element [7; fig. 5], laterally disposed tensile restraints [8, 9; fig. 6], or outboard pontoons [3, 4; fig. 8]. The ends of the deck or the entire deck may be suspended from a single cable [3, fig. 9] secured on A-shaped towers.
A suspension bridge comprises at least one continuous cable 4 having ends 12, 13 attached to ground anchors and passing over the top of at least two towers 1, 2. The cable supports a deck 3 which curves upwards away from the mid-span position of the bridge towards at least one end, forming a concave curvature on the upper surface. The deck may curve upwards towards both ends. The suspension bridge may span water 5, and may allow ships 9, 10 to pass under the bridge close to either end. The bridge may further comprise water-immersed damping means such as a buoyancy element [7; fig. 5], laterally disposed tensile restraints [8, 9; fig. 6], or outboard pontoons [3, 4; fig. 8]. The ends of the deck or the entire deck may be suspended from a single cable [3, fig. 9] secured on A-shaped towers.
Suspension bridges SB2
JOHN MICHAEL CORNEY (author)
2017-08-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E01D
BRIDGES
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Brücken
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