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ASCE Press
Language
English
Pages
392

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Subjects
Aerodynamics, Bridges, Design and construction, History, Suspension bridges, Applied Aerodynamics, Bridge Engineering, Technology, Technology & Industrial Arts, Science/Mathematics, Civil, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Engineering - Civil, Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash.), Bridges, design and construction, Washington (state), history
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash. : 1940)

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In the Wake of Tacoma: Suspension Bridges and the Quest for Aerodynamic Stability
June 1, 2001, American Society of Civil Engineers
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Table of Contents

Turbulent beginnings
A new found confidence
The plate girder suspension bridge
Epiphany at the Tacoma Narrows
A difficult rebirth
Retrenchment in America
The legacies of two giants
European reconstruction and revolution
A renaissance of ideas
The twilight of American dominance
The box girder comes of age
The box girder
problems, politics, and pseudo-boxes
The Scandinavian experience
Japan's remarkable evolution
China's meteoric rise
New bridges
the near future
Ultralong-span suspension bridges and aerodynamic stability
The legacy of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-374) and index.

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Reston, Va

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Library of Congress
TG400 .S38 2001

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Pagination
xxi, 392 p. :
Number of pages
392

ID Numbers

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OL15556407M
ISBN 10
0784405425
LCCN
2001034137
OCLC/WorldCat
47049925

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