Historic Bridges: Evaluation, Preservation, and Management

by Hojjat Adeli

Book Overview

Perhaps more than any other engineered structures, bridges represent the height of resourcefulness both in their design and their use of materials. Stone, brick, timber, wrought iron, steel, and concrete have all been effectively employed in a myriad of structural forms, many of which still stand as testimony to the brilliance of bridge designers throughout the history of civilization. This workprovidesboth an admiring and a technical account of bridge...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420079956
• ISBN13: 9781420079951
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"