How to read bridges : a crash course in engineering and architecture
Edward Denison and Ian StewartNew York : Rizzoli, 2012
256 p. ; 17 cm.
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- This accessible book is a visual guide to understanding and identifying architectural styles and engineering techniques of all types of bridges, from ancient Roman arch bridges and nineteenth-century truss bridges prevalent in the United States, to the l
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- 1. Understanding bridges
- Materials
- Bridge types
- Bride uses
- Engineers
- 2. Cast studies
- Beam bridges
- Arch bridges
- Truss bridges
- Opening & moving bridges
- Cantilever bridges
- Suspension bridges
- Cable-stayed bridges.
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- ill. (some col.)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Rizzoli
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- 0789324911 (pbk)
- 9780789324917 (pbk)
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- 2011938898
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- text
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- volume
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- unmediated