Learning Objectives: Learn about the methods of form finding in A&E; Schlaich's invention with cables; Equilibrium an novel structural forms; Virlogeux's forms and innovations
Keywords: cable net, footbridge, titanium, efficiency, elegance, movable bridge, girder bridge, arch bridge, verticals
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Learning Objectives: Learn about the history, aesthetics, and development of cable-stayed (CS) bridges; contrasting them with suspension bridges; challenges and solutions in multi-span CS bridges
Keywords: cable-stayed bridges, pylon, deck, cable, load path, cable system, tension, compression,…
Description: Themes: Gustave Eiffel, James Eads, and Benjamin Baker as structural artists; Relationship between form and forces in a structure; Understanding the types of loads structures carry.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: Critique the design of a railroad bridge on the…
Description: Themes: Historical context: post-World War II desire for European integration and the European Coal and Steel Community; Laurent Ney's exploration with different forms and development into a structural artist. Ney's major works of structural art
Learning Objectives: Students…
Learning Objectives: Learn about the origins of prestressed concrete (PC) and Fressinet's story; Finsterwalder's advancements in PC bridges; Precast PC and America's Walnut Lane Bridge; Fallingwater, a historic preservation enabled through PC
Keywords: prestressed concrete, structural art, concrete,…
Keywords: suspension bridge, aesthetics, stiffness, deck, support forms, cables, scientific function, structural elements, tension, compression, FBD, safety factor
Keywords: suspension bridge, aesthetics, stiffness, deck, support forms, cables, scientific, social, symbolic
Description: Themes: Brooklyn Bridge as an indicator of progress in the field of engineering; John A. Roebling as a structural artist; Cultural significance of the Brooklyn Bridge
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: Describe the role of John A. Roebling in bridge design and trace…
Description: Themes: Pierre Lardy's mentorship of Christian Menn; Menn's improvement on Maillart's designs using newfound knowledge of prestressed concrete; Menn's evolution of form in the Feslenau, Ganter and Sunniberg Bridges.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: Examine new…
Description: Themes: Post World War II German bridge forms; Back-anchored and self-anchored suspension bridges; Structural honesty in design: forms derived from their structural behavior; Discipline and play: play as an exploration of varied structural forms.
Learning Objectives: Students…
Learning Objectives: Learn about the hollow box arch after Salginatobel; the bridges by Menn and Maillart's influence; Menn's long span (hollow box girder) arches; prestressing and deck-stiffening; the Ganter Bridge; Menn's cable-stayed bridges
Keywords: hollow box arch, long span arch, prestressed…
Description: Themes: Historical Context: the development of Othmar Ammann as a structural artist; Wilhem Ritter and Gustave Lindenthal's influence on Ammann; Two of New York's significant bridges: The Bayonne and Goerge Washington bridges.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to:…
Learning Objectives: Learn about new materials and new structural forms; the scientific functions of reinforced concrete and the 3-hinged arch; the evolution of form in the concrete hollow box arches of RM; bending moments and the form of the Salginatobel Bridge
Keywords: reinforced concrete, masonry,…
Keywords: cast iron, acqueduct, cast iron, arch, bridge, wrought iron, suspension bridge
Description: Themes: Conceptual development for the design of the Golden Gate Bridge; Social story of the Golden Gate bridge; Joseph Strauss' role in the construction of the bridge; Charles Anton Ellis, Leon Moissieff, and Othmar Ammann as consultants of design and construction.
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Description: Themes: Evolution of prestressed concrete from reinforced concrete; Eugene Freyssinet's study of large-span reinforced concrete arches and concrete ""creep""; Gustave Magnel's Sclayn Bridge and Walnut Lane Bridge; Ulrich Finsterwalder takes prestressed concrete to a new level with Mangfall Bridge and the cantilever…
Description: Themes: Role of reinforced concrete in Robert Maillart's famous works; Maillart's early evolution of form: Stauffacher, Zuoz, Tavanasa, and Salginatobel bridges; Maillart's process of improvement on his structures throughout his career.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able…
Description: Themes: Historical context for the beginning of structural engineering as a discipline; Thomas Telford and his works; Early evolution of building material.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: Show how definitions and ideals of structural art began; Contrast the works…
Description: Themes: The influence of the economic and political climate on engineering works; The dangers of the Bilbao effect and the importance of socially responsible design; Flow of forces in a tied arch bridge and a cable stayed bridge; Characteristics of a bridge hero; The roles of discipline and play in successful…
Learning Objectives: Learn about the excellence in bridge innovation and how the Swiss approached it; Ritter's research, teaching, and role in Maillart's arches; the constructional evolution of the deck-stiffened arch using Maillart's approach and how they relate to structural art; Maillart's arches vs. USA arches and optimal…
Description: Themes: Elastic and deflection theory in long-span suspension bridges; Lessons of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge failure; Historical perspective in designing new works of structural engineering.
Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: Examine the effects of wind on long span…