Tom F. Peters
Transitions in Engineering
Guillaume Henri Dufour and the Early 19th Century Cable Suspension Bridges. Forew. by Andre Corboz
Tom F. Peters
Transitions in Engineering
Guillaume Henri Dufour and the Early 19th Century Cable Suspension Bridges. Forew. by Andre Corboz
- Gebundenes Buch
Produktdetails
- Verlag: Springer, Basel
- Seitenzahl: 244
- Englisch
- Gewicht: 1150g
- ISBN-13: 9783764319298
- ISBN-10: 3764319291
- Artikelnr.: 27440841
1 Some basic issues.- Technical and scientific thought.- From ‘overlayâ to ‘systemâ.- Structural engineering and architecture.- The method of examination.- Some questions.- 2 Prehistory.- The earliest suspension types.- Primitive types.- The first catenary walkways.- Construction in cane and bamboo.- From the bamboo cable to the wrought iron chain.- Thang-stong rGyal-po.- The iron he used.- Variant Chinese chain bridges and stiffened, horizontal decks.- Information spreads to the West.- Early Western development.- Wire cables.- 3 Background.- Geneva and the transmission of engineering information to the French-speaking world 1789-1815.- French access to information in the immediate post-war period.- Evolution of method and thought in French engineering education.- Development of statistics.- Navier: the scientific and technological modes of thought.- Graphic statics.- Strength of materials.- The education of Guillaume Henri Dufour.- 4 Genesis of the wire cable bridge.- The Seguin brothers.- The bridge at Annonay.- Planning the Saint Antoine Bridge in Geneva.- Marc Seguinâs letter and the first project for the Geneva bridge.- The problem of the catenary and its role in engineering research.- Marc Seguinâs statics.- Marc Seguinâs knowledge of engineering method.- Dufourâs proposal.- Examination of wire in preparation for erection.- Dufourâs wire experiments.- Wire experiments by the Seguin brothers.- Availability of wire.- Relative neglect of Dufourâs role in French publications.- Test model for the Saint Antoine Bridge.- Ignoring the problem of resonance.- The Saint Antoine Bridge.- Anchoring the cables.- The manufacture of the cables compared to the Seguin method.- The odd cable connection.- Suspenders and stays.- Imported iron?.- Loads.- 5 The establishment of a structural type.- Bridges at Liancourt, Passy and elsewhere in the environs of Paris.- Test bridge at Vienna.- Books begin to appear on the subject.- Dufourâs contribution to the further development.- The Drac bridge at Grenoble.- The safety factor.- Further weaknesses in the proposal.- Two bridges by the Seguins.- Dufourâs second structure: the Paquis Bridge.- A simpler method of cable manufacture.- Connecting the cables.- Coupling the suspenders.- Research on friction.- Loading the Paquis Bridge.- The novel problem of expansion.- More proposals than structures: Dufour continues to design.- Coulouvreniere Bridge over the Rhone.- Valentin Bridge over the Po River at Turin.- Ile aux Barques Bridge.- Coulouvreniere Bridge near Saint Jeanâs church.- Bridge over the Arve River.- Peney Bridge.- 6 French development and their influence up to the catastrophe of 1850.- Controversy between adherents of cable and of chain construction.- Vicat and the building of the Marie Bridge at Argentat.- Movable cable bearings and their problems.- Vicatâs wire tests and complaints about the quality of bar iron.- Detail problems of cable manufacture.- A first approach to cable spinning.- Concrete curing and load limitation.- The report of 1831 on the state of the Rhone bridges.- Aerial cable spinning.- Cement as protection against rust.- The wire cable bridge comes of age: the Grand Pont Suspendu in Fribourg.- Joseph Chaley.- Building the worldâs largest span.- Alternatives, aerial cable spinning and the endless cable system.- French methods cross the Atlantic.- Tensile structures in building construction.- The collapse of the Basse-Chaine Bridge.- 7 A truncated development; the underspanned suspension.- La Caille Bridge.- Underspanned proposal for Fribourg.- Reasons for awarding the contract to Chaley.- Navierâs report.- Micklewood Bridge.- Bergues Bridge.- Preliminary versions in timber.- Connections.- Arch bridges in cast-iron.- Third proposal in cast-iron.- Consultation with Navier and a proposal by Telford.- The underspanned Bergues Bridge.- The structure.- Calculation and erection.- Planning the building process in detail.- Testing the structure.- Why chains?.- The Bel-Air Bridge at la Coulouvreniere.- Proposal for an Aar Bridge at Aarau.- Conclusion.- 8 Annotated bibliography and index.- Abbreviations.- Books, major journals and articles.- Manuscripts.- Acknowledgements.
1 Some basic issues.- Technical and scientific thought.- From ‘overlayâ to ‘systemâ.- Structural engineering and architecture.- The method of examination.- Some questions.- 2 Prehistory.- The earliest suspension types.- Primitive types.- The first catenary walkways.- Construction in cane and bamboo.- From the bamboo cable to the wrought iron chain.- Thang-stong rGyal-po.- The iron he used.- Variant Chinese chain bridges and stiffened, horizontal decks.- Information spreads to the West.- Early Western development.- Wire cables.- 3 Background.- Geneva and the transmission of engineering information to the French-speaking world 1789-1815.- French access to information in the immediate post-war period.- Evolution of method and thought in French engineering education.- Development of statistics.- Navier: the scientific and technological modes of thought.- Graphic statics.- Strength of materials.- The education of Guillaume Henri Dufour.- 4 Genesis of the wire cable bridge.- The Seguin brothers.- The bridge at Annonay.- Planning the Saint Antoine Bridge in Geneva.- Marc Seguinâs letter and the first project for the Geneva bridge.- The problem of the catenary and its role in engineering research.- Marc Seguinâs statics.- Marc Seguinâs knowledge of engineering method.- Dufourâs proposal.- Examination of wire in preparation for erection.- Dufourâs wire experiments.- Wire experiments by the Seguin brothers.- Availability of wire.- Relative neglect of Dufourâs role in French publications.- Test model for the Saint Antoine Bridge.- Ignoring the problem of resonance.- The Saint Antoine Bridge.- Anchoring the cables.- The manufacture of the cables compared to the Seguin method.- The odd cable connection.- Suspenders and stays.- Imported iron?.- Loads.- 5 The establishment of a structural type.- Bridges at Liancourt, Passy and elsewhere in the environs of Paris.- Test bridge at Vienna.- Books begin to appear on the subject.- Dufourâs contribution to the further development.- The Drac bridge at Grenoble.- The safety factor.- Further weaknesses in the proposal.- Two bridges by the Seguins.- Dufourâs second structure: the Paquis Bridge.- A simpler method of cable manufacture.- Connecting the cables.- Coupling the suspenders.- Research on friction.- Loading the Paquis Bridge.- The novel problem of expansion.- More proposals than structures: Dufour continues to design.- Coulouvreniere Bridge over the Rhone.- Valentin Bridge over the Po River at Turin.- Ile aux Barques Bridge.- Coulouvreniere Bridge near Saint Jeanâs church.- Bridge over the Arve River.- Peney Bridge.- 6 French development and their influence up to the catastrophe of 1850.- Controversy between adherents of cable and of chain construction.- Vicat and the building of the Marie Bridge at Argentat.- Movable cable bearings and their problems.- Vicatâs wire tests and complaints about the quality of bar iron.- Detail problems of cable manufacture.- A first approach to cable spinning.- Concrete curing and load limitation.- The report of 1831 on the state of the Rhone bridges.- Aerial cable spinning.- Cement as protection against rust.- The wire cable bridge comes of age: the Grand Pont Suspendu in Fribourg.- Joseph Chaley.- Building the worldâs largest span.- Alternatives, aerial cable spinning and the endless cable system.- French methods cross the Atlantic.- Tensile structures in building construction.- The collapse of the Basse-Chaine Bridge.- 7 A truncated development; the underspanned suspension.- La Caille Bridge.- Underspanned proposal for Fribourg.- Reasons for awarding the contract to Chaley.- Navierâs report.- Micklewood Bridge.- Bergues Bridge.- Preliminary versions in timber.- Connections.- Arch bridges in cast-iron.- Third proposal in cast-iron.- Consultation with Navier and a proposal by Telford.- The underspanned Bergues Bridge.- The structure.- Calculation and erection.- Planning the building process in detail.- Testing the structure.- Why chains?.- The Bel-Air Bridge at la Coulouvreniere.- Proposal for an Aar Bridge at Aarau.- Conclusion.- 8 Annotated bibliography and index.- Abbreviations.- Books, major journals and articles.- Manuscripts.- Acknowledgements.