2383
.pdfcontents
PART I. from the history
of bridge and tunnel building………………………………………...….…….3
TEXT 1
THE ANCIENT WORLD........................................…………………………….…………….3
Text 2
Roman Arch Bridges.…………..………………………………..…………………..…3
Text 3
Asian and European Cantilever and Arch Bridges…….…….………………………...4
Text 4
The Renaissance and after……………….…………………………………………......5
Text 5
The Forth Bridge.....……………………………..………….…………………….........7
Text 6
Ancient Tunnels..........…………………………………….….….…………………….8
Text 7
From the Middle Ages to the Present………………………………….……………….9
PART II. BRIDGES AND TUNNELS…..............................................................................12
Text 1
Bridges ….....................................................................................................................12
Text 2
Constructional Works on Railways and Motorways……………………....………….15
Text 3
Bridge Crossing and Its Members….............................................................................19
Text 4
BRIDGES CLASSIFICATION…...............................................................................................22
Text 5
ON BRIDGE BUILDING…………............…………………………….……………….….27
Text 6
FORM AND STRUCTURE IN BRIDGE
DESIGN….......................................................................29
Text 7
TIMBER AND MASONRY BRIDGES…....................................................................................34
Text 8
Reinforced Concrete Bridges........................................................................................38
Text 9
Deterioration of Concrete Bridge Decks………….........................….……………….42
Text 10
Metal Bridges…............................................................................................................45
Text 11
Steel and Concrete For Highway Bridges…….………….....................................…….49
Text 12
Suspension and Cable-Stayed Bridges…......................................................................52
Text 13 |
|
|
Supports and Footings Construction Technology......................................................... |
57 |
|
Text 14 |
|
|
Bridge Superstructure Erection..................................................................................... |
|
61 |
Text 15 |
|
|
MOSCOW |
|
|
BRIDGES............................................................................................................ |
|
65 |
Text 16 |
|
|
ST. PETERSBURG |
|
|
BRIDGES................................................................................................... |
|
69 |
Text 17 |
|
|
Novosibirsk Bridges...................................................................................................... |
|
74 |
Text 18 |
|
|
IRTYSH |
|
|
BRIDGE.................................................................................................................. |
|
77 |
Text 19 |
|
|
NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE VOLGA RIVER, |
|
|
RUSSIA................................................................. |
79 |
|
Text 20 |
|
|
SOUTH BRIDGE OVER THE DNEPR RIVER IN |
|
|
KIEV.................................................................. |
83 |
|
Text 21 |
|
|
STRENGTHENING A ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER |
|
|
DVINA...................................................... |
86 |
|
Text 22 |
|
|
Bridges of Great Britain................................................................................................ |
|
88 |
Text 23 |
|
|
Footbridge at Wiesbaden-Schierstein Harbour............................................................. |
91 |
|
Text 24 |
|
|
French and Swiss Bridges............................................................................................. |
|
93 |
Text 25 |
|
|
ANCIENT AND MODERN CHINESE |
|
|
BRIDGES.......................................................................... |
98 |
|
Text 26 |
|
|
Ounasjoki Bridge......................................................................................................... |
|
102 |
Text 27 |
|
|
A UNIQUE TRANSPORTER HIGHWAY |
|
|
BRIDGE...................................................................... |
104 |
|
Text 28 |
|
|
BRIDGING THE |
|
|
CHANNEL.................................................................................................. |
|
106 |
Text 29 |
|
|
Bridge Maintenance.................................................................................................... |
|
108 |
Text 30 |
|
|
COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN BRIDGE |
|
|
REPAIR........................................................................ |
112 |
|
Text 31 |
|
|
BRIDGE OR |
|
|
TUNNEL......................................................................................................... |
|
119 |
Text 32 |
|
|
TUNNELS |
|
|
CLASSIFICATION................................................................................................. |
|
122 |
Text 33 |
|
|
Rock Tunneling........................................................................................................... |
|
127 |
Text 34 |
|
|
Shield-Driven Tunnels................................................................................................ |
|
130 |
Text 35 |
|
|
Automobile Tunnel under the Alps............................................................................. |
|
133 |
Text 36 |
|
|
The Mersey Tunnel..................................................................................................... |
|
135 |
Text 37 |
|
|
TUNNELING COUCH OF |
|
|
THAMES....................................................................................... |
|
137 |
Text 38 |
|
|
General Idea of the Underground................................................................................ |
|
139 |
Text 39 |
|
|
The Underground Railway System Structures............................................................ |
|
142 |
Text 40 |
|
|
Tunnel Maintenance.................................................................................................... |
|
145 |
Text 41 |
|
|
Failures and Collapses of Constructional Works........................................................ |
150 |
|
PART III. TEXTS FOR ADDITIONAL READING.....................................……………154
Breaking Barriers of Scale:
A Concept for Extremely Long Span Bridges…....................................................................154 West Seattle Swing Bridge, Seattle, Washington…...............................................................159 Precast Segmental Highway Viaducts, Hawaii…...................................................................164 Talmadge Memorial Bridge, Savannah, Georgia…................................................................168 Acosta Bridge Replacement, Jacksonville, Florida…............................................................172
The Normandie Bridge, France: |
|
|
A New Record for Cable-Stayed Bridges…...........................................................................174 |
||
The Rainbow Bridge, Japan…................................................................................................183 |
||
The Tähtiniemi Bridge, Finland…..........................................................................................188 |
||
THE |
PITAN |
BRIDGE, |
TAIWAN….....................................................................................192 |
||
Roosevelt Lake Bridge, Gila County, Arizona…....................................................................196 |
||
Bridge Scour Failures…..........................................................................................................198 |
||
A New Footbridge, Austria….................................................................................................202 |
||
Is ISO 9001 Effective For Engineering Consultancies? …....................................................205 |
||
VOCABULARY …...............................................................................................................209 |
||
ANSWER KEYS................................................................................................................... |
|
227 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………………….228