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1st Edition

Understanding Bridge Collapses

By Björn Åkesson Copyright 2008
280 Pages
by CRC Press

280 Pages
by CRC Press
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In a straightforward style, this book presents a detailed overview of 20 cases of famous and other highly interesting bridge collapses over the last two centuries. Every case is illustrated and described in detail and the failure analyses made are supported by well-known explanations and, in some cases, by new theories. The chronological order makes it easy to follow the gradual development in... Read more
  1. Dee Bridge (1847)
  2. Ashtabula Bridge (1876)
  3. Tay Bridge (1879)
  4. Quebec Bridge (1907)
  5. Hasselt Bridge (1938)
  6. Sandö Bridge (1939)
  7. Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940)
  8. Peace River Bridge (1957)
  9. Second Narrows Bridge (1958)
  10. Kings Bridge (1962)
  11. Point Pleasant Bridge (1967)
  12. Fourth Danube Bridge (1969)
  13. Britannia Bridge (1970)
  14. Cleddau Bridge (1970) 
  15. West Gate Bridge (1970)
  16. Rhine Bridge (1971)
  17. Zeulenroda Bridge (1973)
  18. Reichsbrücke (1976)
  19. Almö Bridge (1980)
  20. Sgt. Aubrey Cosens V.C. Memorial Bridge (2003)

Biography

 

Björn Åkesson is a former lecturer at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Currently he is a consulting engineer and the author of several books focusing on the design and analysis of steel structures, especially bridges. He also published Plate Buckling in Bridges and Other Structures, a comprehensive account of local buckling in bridges (Taylor & Francis, 2007).

‘This is truly a magnificent book. (…) I found reading this book to be a joy, and in fact I don't recall ever having enjoyed reading a bridge engineering book more than this one. (…) it's mandatory reading for all practicing bridge engineers. (…) My only lament is that the book isn't five times longer!’ – Irfan A. Alvi Towson, MD USA

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