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In 1502 A.D., Sultan Bayezid II sent out the Renaissance equivalent of a government RFP (request for proposals), seeking a design for a bridge to connect Istanbul with its neighbor city Galata. Leonardo da Vinci, already ...
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Climate change will ultimately affect our bridges. But to what extent?
Oct 9, 2019
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The Netherlands will be testing the first metal 3-D-printed bridge in the world. Plans are to insert this bridge in its permanent location in Amsterdam at the start of 2020. The Dutch company MX3D produced the bridge after ...
Sep 12, 2019
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Tens of thousands of bridges across the country are deteriorating, creating potentially dangerous conditions. Particularly after a natural disaster, being able to assess a bridge's structural integrity can be critical.
Sep 2, 2019
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Bridges make travel faster and more convenient, but, in an earthquake, these structures are subject to forces that can cause extensive damage and make them unsafe.
Aug 28, 2019
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Researchers, including two Oregon State University scientists, argue in a new study that a paradigm shift is needed for assessing bridges' tsunami risk.
Dec 17, 2018
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Two researchers at Ohio State University have built a model to further explore the swaying experienced by the Millennium Bridge in London. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, Varun Joshi and Manoj Srinivasan ...
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A replacement bridge under construction at the second-busiest port in the U.S. isn't just a crucial route for cargo trucks and Southern California commuters—it's a concrete-and-steel science experiment for engineers and ...
Sep 4, 2018
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(Tech Xplore)—A trio of researchers with Georgia State University in the U.S. and Volga State University of Water Transport in Russia has developed a computer simulation to help engineers avoid designing pedestrian bridges ...
Engineering
Physicist Michio Kaku once said, "What we usually consider as impossible are simply engineering problems... there's no law of physics preventing them." And so it has been with railway and metro bridges that span waterways. ...
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A bridge is a structure built to span a valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle. Designs of bridges will vary depending on the function of the bridge and the nature of the terrain where the bridge is to be constructed.
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