Bridges
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-1-4384-5525-9 (ISBN)
Whether you are a student considering a career in civil engineering and transportation planning, a public official interested in the future of infrastructure, or a person who simply cares about bridges, this book offers an accessible and illustrated introduction to the most beloved feature of our built environment. Learn about engineering basics: the forces that bridges must resist to stay aloft and the principles by which engineers decide which types of bridges make sense at which sites. Find out how engineers protect bridges from their greatest threats—the earthquakes, floods, and other hazards that can cause catastrophic damage.
Moving from engineering to planning, learn how we decide whether a bridge is worth building in the first place, learn about controversial features of cost-benefit analysis, and about the transportation models by which planners forecast bridge effects on traffic patterns. Investigate a sometimes intractable problem: why a project often creeps along for a decade or more to get from initial studies to the day the ribbon is cut, undergoing vast cost escalations. Also explore the environmental impact of bridges, and the meaning of a "sustainable bridge," and whether bridges could once again be built, like ancient Roman ones, to last a thousand years.
George C. Lee is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. His books include Structural Damping: Applications in Seismic Response Modification (coauthored with Zach Liang, Gary F. Dargush, and Jianwei Song). Ernest Sternberg is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. He is the author of Photonic Technology and Industrial Policy: U.S. Responses to Technological Change, also published by SUNY Press, and The Economy of Icons: How Business Manufactures Meaning.
List of Tables and Figures
Preface and Acknowledgments
Part I: Deciding about Bridges
1. Crossing the Bridge before We Get There
2. Counting Our Bridges
Part II: Bridge Engineering
3. Understanding Stresses and Strains
4. Bridge Types and Sites
5. Making Strong Bridges: Dealing with Uncertainty
6. Resisting Extreme Events
Part III: Bridge Planning
7. Is It Worth It? Costs, Benefits, and Tough Decisions
8. Traffic across the Bridge
9. The Bridge in the Environment
10. Delivering the Bridge
Part IV: Conclusion
11. A Bridge Spanning a Millennium
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.3.2015 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Total Illustrations: 53 |
| Verlagsort | Albany, NY |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 227 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| Technik ► Bauwesen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4384-5525-9 / 1438455259 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4384-5525-9 / 9781438455259 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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