Engineering
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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Consumer & Gadgets
When visitors drive over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to get to Sausalito, they find that technology has taken over.
Oct 24, 2019
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Engineering
The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) announced that it has developed D.N.A. (Data, Network, and AI) technologies to predict the levels of damage and aging of bridges for preventive maintenance.
Feb 21, 2023
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Engineering
Catastrophic collapses of major bridges are thankfully rare. Notable examples in the last couple of decades include the failure of the I35-W in Minneapolis in August 2007, and the collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa 11 ...
Mar 31, 2024
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Engineering
Can a bridge withstand an earthquake? One of the big unknowns is how far a bridge might settle from seismic shaking, especially if the shaking triggers a quicksand-like soil response called liquefaction.
Jul 7, 2022
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Engineering
Climate change will ultimately affect our bridges. But to what extent?
Oct 9, 2019
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Engineering
The cargo ship collision that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 26, 2024, is raising questions about just how much engineers can do to prevent such catastrophes from occurring in the future. Here, ...
Mar 30, 2024
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Engineering
To the untrained eye it may not look like much, but you can see a piece of groundbreaking concrete on Interstate 15 at Exit 80 in Fort Hall thanks to the work of researchers at Idaho State University.
Feb 6, 2024
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Engineering
When the container ship MV Dali, 300 meters long and massing around 100,000 tons, lost power and slammed into one of the support piers of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, the bridge collapsed in moments. Six people ...
Mar 27, 2024
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Engineering
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on 26 March was a shocking and tragic event. Six people remain unaccounted for in the disaster, which saw the world's third largest continuous truss bridge fall into ...
Mar 28, 2024
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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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