Natural fiber bridges
Most Important Structures in this Category
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- new entry (30 days)
- updated entry (14 days)
| # | Name | Country | main span |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queshuachaca | Peru | 28 m |
| 2 | Biobridge | Netherlands | 14 m |
Media
Case Studies & Reports
High-tech bridge built with flax
An old material is being rediscovered: flax has been with us for thousands of years in the form of clothing, sacks, and robust ship's ropes. Now the plant fibres are experiencing a renaissance and could become the building material of th ... [more]
Literature
- (2017): Bio-Based Composite Bridge – Lessons Learned. Presented at: Interfaces: Architecture, Engineering, Science, Annual Meeting of the International Association of Shell & Spatial Structures (IASS), Hamburg, 25-27 September 2017.
- (2016): Bio-based composite moveable bridge. Presented at: IABSE Congress: Challenges in Design and Construction of an Innovative and Sustainable Built Environment, Stockholm, Sweden, 21-23 September 2016, pp. 1401-1408.
- (2018): Braided rope with vegetable fibers for the construction of the Inca bridge of Q'eswachaka (Peru). Presented at: 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018), July 9-13, 2018, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 977-981.
- (2017): Fully bio-based-composite footbridge: Strain monitoring during use phase. Presented at: Footbridge 2017 Berlin - Tell A Story, 6-8.9.2017, Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin).
- (2015): Living Root Bridges: State of knowledge, fundamental research and future application. Presented at: IABSE Conference: Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2015, pp. 1974-1981.
