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Models used during the design of the Conway and Britannia tubular bridges
The Britannia Bridge carrying the railway across the Menai Strait in north Wales was six times larger than any girder bridge previously constructed – the greatest increment in span during the entire history of bridge building. To provide sufficient confidence to undertake this remarkable achievement, William Fairbairn undertook several dozen tests on reduced‐scale models make of wrought iron both to determine the best cross section for the wrought‐iron girder and to achieve the greatest strength‐to‐weight ratio for the thin‐walled tubular girder bridge spanning 140 m that would also avoid fracture in tension and buckling in compression.
Models used during the design of the Conway and Britannia tubular bridges
The Britannia Bridge carrying the railway across the Menai Strait in north Wales was six times larger than any girder bridge previously constructed – the greatest increment in span during the entire history of bridge building. To provide sufficient confidence to undertake this remarkable achievement, William Fairbairn undertook several dozen tests on reduced‐scale models make of wrought iron both to determine the best cross section for the wrought‐iron girder and to achieve the greatest strength‐to‐weight ratio for the thin‐walled tubular girder bridge spanning 140 m that would also avoid fracture in tension and buckling in compression.
Models used during the design of the Conway and Britannia tubular bridges
Addis, Bill (editor) / Addis, Bill (author)
PHYSICAL MODELS ; 187-203
2020-10-19
17 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Britannia and Conway tubular bridges : truths and tubes on self-supporting principles
| UB Braunschweig | 1849
General description of the Britannia and Conway tubular bridges : on the Chester & Holyhead Railway
| UB Braunschweig | 1849