Holistic Design Methods for Hybrid Arch Bridges
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Matthias Weissbach
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, Weimar, Germany, 19-21 September 2007 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Weimar 2007 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 134-135 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2007 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137807796119997 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The entire analysis of arch bridges on various consideration-levels linked with the historical knowledge of the art of vaulting and the modern principles of light-weight structures and composite construction lead to hybrid arched structures and suitable construction methods. This opens up new qualities for arch bridge design and construction caused by synergetic effects. Statical and functional advantages as well as aesthetical and economical advantages prove, that hybrid arches of steel and concrete make a fundamental contribution to a quantum leap in the development of arch bridges. |
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| Keywords: |
arch bridge composite structures light-weight structures bridge design design methods arch construction method sandwich
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