THE THEORY OF SUSPENSION BRIDGES

THE BOOK DEALS WITH THE THEORY OF SUSPENSION BRIDGES, UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS: HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION; THE SIMPLE CABLE; THE SIMPLE CABLE UNDER APPLIED LOADS; THE RANKINE THEORY; THE ELASTIC THEORY; THE APPLICATION OF THE ELASTIC THEORY; THE DEFLECTION THEORY; THE LINEARISED DEFLECTION THEORY; THE FOURIER SERIES TREATMENT OF THE DEFLECTION THEORY; APPROXIMATE METHODS OF ANALYSIS FOR PRELIMINARY DESIGN; THE NATURAL FREQUENCIES AND MODES OF SUSPENSION BRIDGES; OSCILLATIONS OF SUSPENSION BRIDGES UNDER LATERAL WINDS; TOWERS; AND FATIGUE IN SUSPENSION BRIDGES. /RRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 2nd Edition, 163 PP, 36 FIG, 8 TAB, 77 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Edward Arnold Publishers Limited

  41 Bedford Square
  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Pugsley, A
• Publication Date: 1968

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Bridge towers; Bridges; Cables; Deflection; Elasticity (Mechanics); Fourier series; Loads; Natural frequency; Oscillation; Structural design; Suspension bridges; Wind
• Uncontrolled Terms: Lateral loads
• Old TRIS Terms: Elastic theory
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00208659
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1970 12:00AM