Bridges
The science and art of the world's most inspiring structures
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 26 April 2012
- ISBN 9780199645725
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages330 pages
- Size 196x127x24 mm
- Weight 358 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 50 black and white illustrations 0
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Short description:
Bridges are remarkable structures. Often vast, immense, and sometimes beautiful, they can be icons of cities. David Blockley explains how to read a bridge, how they stand up, and how engineers design them to be so strong. He examines the engineering problems posed by bridges, and considers their cultural, aesthetic, and historical importance.
MoreLong description:
Bridges touch all our lives - every day we are likely to cross a bridge, or go under one. How many of us stop to consider how the bridge stands up and what sort of people designed and built something so strong?
Bridge building is a magnificent example of the practical and every day use of science. However, the story of bridges goes beyond science and technology, and involves issues relating to artistic and cultural development. After all, bridges are built by people, for people. Bridges can be icons for whole cities; just consider New York's Brooklyn Bridge, London's Tower Bridge, and Sydney's Harbour Bridge. Such bridges can be considered functional public art, as they have the power to delight or be an eyesore.
David Blockley explains how to read a bridge, in all its different forms, design, and construction, and the way the forces flow through arches and beams. He combines the engineering of how bridges stand up with the cultural, aesthetic, and historical importance they hold. Drawing on examples of particular bridges from around the world, he also looks in detail at the risk engineers take when building bridges, and examines why things sometimes go wrong.
A fascinating book on a fascinating subject
Table of Contents:
Bridges are BATS: Why we build bridges
Underneath the Arches: Bridges need good foundations
Bending it: Bridges need strong structures
All Trussed up: Interdependence creates emergence
Let it all Hang Down: Structuring using tension
How Safe is Safe Enough? Incomplete science
Bridges built by people for people: Processes for joined-up thinking
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