Long Span Bridges
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Michel Virlogeux
(Consulting Engineer, Member of the French Academy of Technology and of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Bonnelles, France)
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Tomorrow’s Megastructures, Nantes, France, 19-21 September 2018 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Nantes 2018 | ||||
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| Page(s): | K-65 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 9 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/nantes.2018.k-65 | ||||
| Abstract: |
This paper gives an overview of the evolution of long span bridges, suspension bridges and cable-stayed bridges. It explains why more and more long span bridges are erected around the world, especially in China. The level of design live loads is discussed, and some possible future evolutions are evoked. |
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| Keywords: |
cable-stayed bridges traffic loads Long span bridges suspension bridges hybrid solution
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