Learning on ScreenFallen Arches: Load Tests on Masonry Arch Bridges
- Synopsis
- Shows load tests taken to collapse on eight brick and masonry arch bridges. The tests were carried out in order to study failure loads and modes of collapse of arch bridges, and thus to provide data for calibrating analytical models of the structural behaviour of arch bridges under traffic loads. Computer programs based on these models can then be used to assess traffic load capacity of the UK’s 40,000 arch bridges. Line loads were applied by hydraulic jacks reacting against ground anchors embedded beneath the bridges, Shows a number of failure modes, for example, collapse of a mechanism, three-hinge snap-through and compressive failure through crushing of the arch ring. Also shows the partial collapse of Bargower bridge and the full scale model of a brick bridge with a two arch which failed as a mechanism.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 min.
- Year of production
- 1990
- Availability
- Free loan (ICE)
Sale (TRL only); 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (TRL) - Subjects
- Engineering
- Keywords
- bridges; civil engineering
Sponsor
Distributor
- Name
Institution of Civil Engineers
- library@ice.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.ice.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7665 2251
- Fax
- 020 7976 7610
- Address
- Library
1 Great George Street
London
SW1P 3AA - Notes
- The ICE library has hundreds of VHS tapes and a growing collection of DVDs for loan to members and lecturers interested in the work of professional engineers. Audio recordings of a range of recent lectures held at the ICE are available for free online playback.
- Name
Old Wokingham Road
- Phone
- 01344 770747
- Fax
- 01344 770356
- Address
- Crowthorne
Berks
RG45 6AU - Notes
- Contact: Mrs Diana Coates (1/99)
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