Point Pleasant ‘Silver’ Bridge
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Martín Eduardo Polimeni
(Faculty of Engineering of the University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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| Medium: | book chapter | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Published in: | Case Studies on Failure Investigations in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering | ||||
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| Page(s): | 147-154 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/cs004.ch12 | ||||
| Abstract: |
This chapter presents the forensic investigations of the collapse of the Point Pleasant Bridge. The collapse of this bridge has left important lessons learnt about, among other issues, the importance of the choice of the appropriate fracture-toughness steel to be used in bridges, the concept of structural redundancy, and the correct and systematic need for inspection and maintenance of existing bridges. Likewise, it was the beginning of important modifications in the analysis of fracture and fatigue of steel bridges in the standards and codes. |
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| Copyright: | © 2023 International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) | ||||
| License: | This creative work is copyrighted material and may not be used without explicit approval by the author and/or copyright owner. |
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