High Performance Timber Bridges
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Julio Vivas
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Engineering for Progress, Nature and People, Madrid, Spain, 3-5 September 2014 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Madrid 2014 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 3214-3221 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2014 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137814814070046 | ||||
| Abstract: |
One of man’s oldest building materials, wood enduring benefits and modern techonolgy have kept it at the forefront of intelligent design. Wood is resistant to heat, frost, corrosion and pollution. Worldwide, architects, engineers and buiding professionals are re-evaluating the role of wood as a renewable and versatile building material to achieve a modern, natural look. Timber can meet the same structural requirements as any other building material, the maintenance required on a timber bridge could be greatly minimized and very easy to perform, A Timber Bridge easily blends into the existing environment and enriches the surrounding area. In this paper, I will show detailed examples of high-performance bridges who have taken advantage of the amazing features of this material. |
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| Keywords: |
design sustainability timber structures timber bridges carbon
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