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Rivet Boy (Paperback): Barbara Henderson Rivet Boy (Paperback)
Barbara Henderson
R220 R193 Discovery Miles 1 930 Save R27 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Based on real people and events, Rivet Boy blends fact and fiction to tell the story of one boy's role in the building of the iconic Forth Rail Bridge-Scotland's greatest man-made wonder-in 1889. When 12-year-old John Nicol gets a job at the Forth Bridge construction site, he knows it's dangerous. Four boys have already fallen from the bridge into the Forth below. But John has no choice-with his father gone, he must provide an income for his family-even if he is terrified of heights. John finds comfort in the new Carnegie library, his friend Cora and his squirrel companion, Rusty. But when he is sent to work in Cain Murdoch's Rivet Gang, John must find the courage to climb, to face his fears, and to stand up to his evil boss.

Arizona's Historic Bridges (Paperback): Jerry A Cannon, Patricia D Morris Arizona's Historic Bridges (Paperback)
Jerry A Cannon, Patricia D Morris
R605 R548 Discovery Miles 5 480 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Camas Prairie Railroad (Hardcover): Robert Perret, Amy Thompson Camas Prairie Railroad (Hardcover)
Robert Perret, Amy Thompson
R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Father of Prestressed Concrete - Oral History Transcript: Teaching Engineers, Bridging Rivers and Borders, 1931 to 1999 /... The Father of Prestressed Concrete - Oral History Transcript: Teaching Engineers, Bridging Rivers and Borders, 1931 to 1999 / 2001 (Hardcover)
T Y. 1911- Ive Lin; Created by Bancroft Library Regional Oral History; Eleanor Swent
R1,071 Discovery Miles 10 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge (Paperback, 2nd edition): John Binding Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge (Paperback, 2nd edition)
John Binding
R523 Discovery Miles 5 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This deeply researched book tells of Brunel's solution to getting the Cornwall Railway across the very considerable obstacle of the River Tamar at Saltash was the magnificent Royal Albert Bridge. Its unique design and handsome proportions make it one of his most outstanding works.

Economics of Construction in Relation to Framed Structures (Hardcover): Robert H. Bow Economics of Construction in Relation to Framed Structures (Hardcover)
Robert H. Bow
R797 Discovery Miles 7 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Who Built the The Panama Canal? The U.S. as a World Power 6th Grade History Children's American History (Hardcover): Baby... Who Built the The Panama Canal? The U.S. as a World Power 6th Grade History Children's American History (Hardcover)
Baby Professor
R647 Discovery Miles 6 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Theory of Steel-Concrete Arches and of Vaulted Structures (Hardcover): William Cain Theory of Steel-Concrete Arches and of Vaulted Structures (Hardcover)
William Cain
R866 Discovery Miles 8 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Arizona's Historic Bridges (Hardcover): Jerry A Cannon, Patricia D Morris Arizona's Historic Bridges (Hardcover)
Jerry A Cannon, Patricia D Morris
R650 Discovery Miles 6 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Treatise on Wooden Trestle Bridges and Their Concrete Substitutes (Hardcover): Wolcott C. Foster A Treatise on Wooden Trestle Bridges and Their Concrete Substitutes (Hardcover)
Wolcott C. Foster
R1,034 Discovery Miles 10 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Iron and Heat; Beams, Ppillars, and Iron Smelting (Hardcover): James Armour Iron and Heat; Beams, Ppillars, and Iron Smelting (Hardcover)
James Armour
R831 Discovery Miles 8 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Treatise On the Theory of the Construction of Bridges and Roofs - Illustrated With Numerous Wood Engravings (Hardcover): De... Treatise On the Theory of the Construction of Bridges and Roofs - Illustrated With Numerous Wood Engravings (Hardcover)
De Volson Wood
R899 Discovery Miles 8 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Movable Bridge Engineering (Hardcover, New): TL Koglin Movable Bridge Engineering (Hardcover, New)
TL Koglin
R5,483 Discovery Miles 54 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Up-to-date coverage on all aspects of designing, building, maintaining, and evaluating

Movable Bridge Engineering is the most comprehensive reference on movable bridges published in the past sixty years. This new, highly visual resource addresses the engineering design and construction technology of new movable bridges, as well as the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing ones.

Movable Bridge Engineering is organized into six functional parts from an engineering perspective:

  • Selection
  • Design
  • Construction
  • Maintenance
  • Inspection
  • Evaluation of existing bridges

All structural issues and relevant mechanical and electrical systems for vertical lift, swing, and bascule bridges (for highway and railway use) are covered, including machinery, applications, reversing loads, traffic maintenance, and many other issues relevant to these specialized bridges.

With hundreds of informative photographs and illustrations, Movable Bridge Engineering is the most complete, in-depth guide for everyone working with bridges of this type.

Secrets of the Span - Lions Gate Renewed (Hardcover): Lilia D'Acres Secrets of the Span - Lions Gate Renewed (Hardcover)
Lilia D'Acres
R947 Discovery Miles 9 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
On Cold Iron - A Story of Hubris and the 1907 Quebec Bridge Collapse (Hardcover): Dan Levert On Cold Iron - A Story of Hubris and the 1907 Quebec Bridge Collapse (Hardcover)
Dan Levert
R831 R731 Discovery Miles 7 310 Save R100 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to Read Bridges - A crash course spanning the centuries (Paperback): Edward Denison, Ian Stewart How to Read Bridges - A crash course spanning the centuries (Paperback)
Edward Denison, Ian Stewart
R363 Discovery Miles 3 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How to Read Bridges is a practical introduction to looking at the structure and purpose of bridges. It is a guide to reading the structural clues embedded in every bridge that allows their variety and ingenuity to be better appreciated. Small enough to carry in your pocket and serious enough to provide real answers, this comprehensive guide analyses and explores all types of bridges from around the world from the first millennium to the present day. The book also explores fundamental concepts of bridge design, key materials and engineering techniques whilst providing an accessible visual guide with intelligent text, using detailed illustrations and cross-sections of technical features.

Load Rating Highway Bridges - In Accordance with Load and Resistance Factor Method (Hardcover): Lubin Gao Load Rating Highway Bridges - In Accordance with Load and Resistance Factor Method (Hardcover)
Lubin Gao
R2,484 Discovery Miles 24 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

LOAD RATING HIGHWAY BRIDGES In accordance with Load and Resistance Factor Rating Method First Edition The first comprehensive text introducing the background theory along with the practical procedure of load rating highway bridges with the state-of-the-art Load and Resistance Factor Rating (LRFR) method. With its simplicity and complete contents on this subject, this is an indispensable text for both students and practicing engineers. The safety of bridges is essential to the traveling public. To ensure that bridges in our highway system function safely and serve properly, engineers need to inspect and assess the live load carrying capacity of the bridges. Based on the results of inspection and evaluation, decisions are made on load restriction, repair, retrofit or replacement. Load rating, one of the critical tasks in this decision-making process, uses either an analytical method or non-destructive load testing to determine the live load carrying capacity of a bridge. This is a book solely concentrated on bridge load rating by using analytical load rating methods, with a focus on the LRFR method. The primary purpose of this book is to provide the basic concept of load rating highway bridges in terms of the LRFR method. The target readers are practicing engineers who want to acquire fundamental knowledge of the LRFR method. Bearing that in mind, the author attempts to strike a balance between theory and how-to. Engineers who are conducting or will perform load ratings of bridges can use this text as a reference in supplement to the AASHTO Manual for Bridge Evaluation (MBE). This book can also serve as a textbook or supplemental material for a senior level undergraduate or graduate course in bridge design and load rating. This text is divided into three major sections. The first section contains a brief introduction to bridge load rating (Chapter 1) and fundamentals of structural failure and structural reliability theory (Chapter 2). After completing this section, re

Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Life Extension (Hardcover): Airong Chen, Dan Frangopol, Xin Ruan Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Life Extension (Hardcover)
Airong Chen, Dan Frangopol, Xin Ruan
R8,825 Discovery Miles 88 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Life Extension contains the lectures and papers presented at IABMAS 2014, the Seventh International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2014), held in Shanghai, China, July 7-11, 2014. This set consists of a book of abstracts and a DVD containing the full papers of 396 contributions presented at IABMAS 2014, including the T.Y. Lin Lecture, nine Keynote Lectures, and 386 technical papers from about 40 countries.

All major aspects of bridge maintenance, safety, management and life extension are addressed including advanced materials, aging of bridges, assessment and evaluation, bridge codes, bridge diagnostics, bridge management systems, damage identifi cation, design for durability, deterioration modeling, earthquake and accidental loadings, fatigue, fi eld testing, health monitoring, load models, life-cycle assessment, maintenance strategies, non-destructive testing, prediction of future traffi c demands, repair and replacement, residual service life, safety and serviceability, service life prediction, and sustainable bridges, among others.

This set provides an up-to-date overview of the fi eld of bridge engineering, as well as the recent signifi cant contributions to the process of making rational decisions in bridge maintenance, safety, management, sustainability, monitoring, long life strategy and resources optimization deployment for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society. It will serve as a valuable reference to all concerned with bridge structure and infrastructure systems, including students, researchers, engineers, consultants and contractors from all areas of bridge engineering.

Bridge Engineering Handbook, Five Volume Set (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Wai-Fah Chen, Lian Duan Bridge Engineering Handbook, Five Volume Set (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Wai-Fah Chen, Lian Duan
R9,937 Discovery Miles 99 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Over 140 experts, 14 countries, and 89 chapters are represented in the second edition of the Bridge Engineering Handbook. This extensive collection provides detailed information on bridge engineering, and thoroughly explains the concepts and practical applications surrounding the subject, and also highlights bridges from around the world.

Published in five books: Fundamentals, Superstructure Design, Substructure Design, Seismic Design, and Construction and Maintenance, this new edition provides numerous worked-out examples that give readers step-by-step design procedures, includes contributions by leading experts from around the world in their respective areas of bridge engineering, contains 26 completely new chapters, and updates most other chapters. It offers design concepts, specifications, and practice, and presents various types of bridges. The text includes over 2,500 tables, charts, illustrations, and photos. The book covers new, innovative and traditional methods and practices; explores rehabilitation, retrofit, and maintenance; and examines seismic design and building materials.

This text is an ideal reference for practicing bridge engineers and consultants (design, construction, maintenance), and can also be used as a reference for students in bridge engineering courses.

An Encyclopaedia of World Bridges (Hardcover): David McFetrich An Encyclopaedia of World Bridges (Hardcover)
David McFetrich
R1,046 R877 Discovery Miles 8 770 Save R169 (16%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Bridges are one of the most important artefacts constructed by man, the structures having had an incalculable effect on the development of trade and civilisation throughout the world. Their construction has led to continuing advances in civil engineering technology, leading to bigger spans and the use of new materials. Their failures, too, whether from an inadequate understanding of engineering principles or as a result of natural catastrophes or warfare, have often caused immense hardship as a result of lost lives or broken communications. In this book, a sister publication to his earlier An Encyclopaedia of British Bridges (Pen & Sword 2019), David McFetrich gives brief descriptions of some 1200 bridges from more than 170 countries around the world. They represent a wide range of different types of structure (such as beam, cantilever, stayed and suspension bridges). Although some of the pictures are of extremely well-known structures, many are not so widely recognisable and a separate section of the book includes more than seventy lists of bridges with distinctly unusual characteristics in their design, usage and history.

The Design of Prestressed Concrete Bridges - Concepts and Principles (Hardcover): Robert Benaim The Design of Prestressed Concrete Bridges - Concepts and Principles (Hardcover)
Robert Benaim
R6,517 Discovery Miles 65 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Examining the fundamental differences between design and analysis, Robert Benaim explores the close relationship between aesthetic and technical creativity and the importance of the intuitive, more imaginative qualities of design that every designer should employ when designing a structure. Aiding designers of concrete bridges in developing an intuitive understanding of structural action, this book encourages innovation and the development of engineering architecture. Simple, relevant calculation techniques that should precede any detailed analysis are summarized. Construction methods used to build concrete bridge decks and substructures are detailed and direct guidance on the choice and the sizing of different types of concrete bridge deck is given. In addition guidance is provided on solving recurring difficult problems of detailed design and realistic examples of the design process are provided. This book enables concrete bridge designers to broaden their scope in design and provides an analysis of the necessary calculations and methods.

Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Cost - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety... Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Cost - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, 18-22 October 2004, Kyoto, Japan; Set of Book and CD-ROM (Mixed media product)
Eiichi Watanabe, Dan M. Frangopol, Tomoaki Utsunomiya
R10,169 Discovery Miles 101 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This set of book of abstracts (1004 pp) and searchable full-paper CD-ROM (>3000 pp) set contains over 350 contributions by international experts that were presented at the Second International Conference of the International Association for Bridge Maintenance in Kyoto, Japan, 2004. All major aspects of bridge maintenance, safety, management and cost are addressed, including assessment and evaluation, bridge codes, bridge diagnostics, bridge management systems, durability, deterioration modeling, emerging technologies, field testing, financial planning, health monitoring, high performance materials, inspection, loads, maintenance strategies, new technical and material concepts, nondestructive testing, rehabilitation, reliability and risk management, repair, replacement, safety and serviceability, service life prediction, strengthening, and whole life costing, among others. A valuable contribution to the process of making better and more rational decisions in bridge maintenance, safety management and cost for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society intended for researchers and professionals in bridge, structural, geotechnical and construction engineering.

Bridge Loads - An International Perspective (Hardcover, Revised): Colin O'Connor, Peter Shaw Bridge Loads - An International Perspective (Hardcover, Revised)
Colin O'Connor, Peter Shaw
R6,482 Discovery Miles 64 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This book provides a detailed summary of bridge loads from an international perspective. The authors cover all aspects from the methodology behind the calculation of bridge loads and the complex interactions between loads and bridges, to economic considerations. A wide range of bridge loads are covered, including highway vehicle loads, pedestrian loads, railing loads and wind loads. The structure and design of bridges to accommodate these loads are examined and examples provided. Different modes of failure and current codes of practice are also covered.
This book is unique in its exclusive examination of the loading and will be a useful handbook for structural engineers and designers involved in bridge construction. It is also recommended to senior undergraduates and postgraduates of structural engineering and bridge design.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203185927

Arch Bridges - History, analysis, assessment, maintenance and repair (Hardcover): A. Sinopoli Arch Bridges - History, analysis, assessment, maintenance and repair (Hardcover)
A. Sinopoli
R6,783 Discovery Miles 67 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Modern structural engineering surprises us with the mastery and certainty with which it plans and carries out daring projects, such as the most recent metal or concrete bridges, whether they be suspension or arch bridges. On the other hand, little is yet known about the state of knowledge of construction science and techniques which, well before the arrival of modern methods based on the mechanics of deformable continua, made it possible in the past to erect the vaulted masonry structures rthat we have inherited. The fact that these have lasted through many centuries to our time, and are still in a fairly good state of conservation, makes them competitive, as far as stability and durability are concerned, with those constructed in other materials. Although it is known that the equilibrium of the arch is guaranteed by any funicular whatsoever of the loads, contained inside the profile of an arch, finding the unique solution is not such a certainty. In other words, the problem of the equilibrium of vaulted structures is 'Poleni's problem', the one for which the Venetian scientist was able to give an exemplary solution on the occasion of the assessment of the dome of St. Peter's. Arch Bridges focuses on the main aspects of the debate about the masonry arch bridge: History of structural mechanics and construction, theoretical models, analysis for assessment, numerical methods, experimental and non-destructive testing, maintenance and repair are the topics of the Conference. The breadth and variety of the contributions presented and discussed by leading experts from many countries make this volume an authoritative source of up-to-date information.

Bridge Management: Proceedings of the Third International Conference - Inspection, Maintenance, Assessment and Repair... Bridge Management: Proceedings of the Third International Conference - Inspection, Maintenance, Assessment and Repair (Hardcover)
Professor J E Harding, Parke Gerard, M. Ryall
R10,304 Discovery Miles 103 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bridges need substantial investment in maintenance and upgrading if they are to function effectively throughout their planned life. This volume provides an overview of the latest international thinking on cost-effective engineering management of bridge structures. It forms the Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the subject held at the University of Surrey, 1996.

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