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Bridge Design

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Bridge Design

Beam Bridge
- Types
  - I-Beams
  - Trusses
  - Box Girder
- Pros & Cons
  - Inexpensive
  - Easy to Build
  - Limited Span
  - Not eye catching
- Infrastructure
  - Modern
    - Reinforced Concrete
    - Steel
  - Past
    - Wood
    - Stone
Arch Bridge
- Types
  - Corbel Arch Bridge
  - Aqueducts and Canal Viaducts
  - Deck arch bridge
  - Through arch bridge
  - Tied arch bridge
- Pros and Cons
  - : Wide range of materials can be used
  - Considered attractive
  - very strong
  - Relatively expensive
  - Degns are limited to certain sites
- Infrastructure
  - Modern
    - Concrte
    - Steel
  - Past
    - Stone
Truss Bridge
- Infrastructure
  - Timber
  - Iron
  - Steel
  - Reinforced concrete
  - Prestressed concrete
- Types
  - Allan truss
  - Bailey bridge
  - Baltimore truss
  - Bollman truss
  - Bowstring arch truss
  - Brown truss
  - Brunel truss
  - Burr arch truss
  - Cantilevered truss
  - Fink truss
  - Howe truss
  - K truss
  - Kingpost truss
  - Kingpost truss
  - Lattice truss
  - Lenticular truss
  - Long truss
  - Truss arch
- Pros & Cons
  - Very strong
  - overpass for railroad trains
  - Difficult to construct
  - high maintenance
  - not considered attractive
Suspension Bridge
- Infrastructure
  - Steel Rope
  - multiple wire strand cables
    - Steel chain liks
    - Forged chain links
    - Cast chain links
- Pros & Cons
  - Span huge distances
  - considered attractive
  - Expensive
- Types
  - Underspanned
  - Suspension cable
  - Deck structure

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Description: Mind Map on Bridge Design, created by marcbehal on 12/10/2014.
Created by: marcbehal
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