Bridging the Years: A Short History of British Civil EngineeringE. Arnold, 1956 - 212 páginas |
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... foundations . The main compression members in the bridge were made as tubular struts which although attaining good efficiency for weight of steel , entailed expensive shop fabrication of curved plates . The tension members were mainly ...
... foundations . The main compression members in the bridge were made as tubular struts which although attaining good efficiency for weight of steel , entailed expensive shop fabrication of curved plates . The tension members were mainly ...
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... foundations necessitated by the special weakness of the subsoil at this tidal mudflat site . The foundations had to be carried down to stiff clays through soft silty clays from 10 to 38 feet deep , either by mass excavation or by ...
... foundations necessitated by the special weakness of the subsoil at this tidal mudflat site . The foundations had to be carried down to stiff clays through soft silty clays from 10 to 38 feet deep , either by mass excavation or by ...
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... foundations generally had for long made obvious the fact that a realistic theory was still lacking and that a totally inadequate knowledge of the widely varying properties of soil existed . As late as 1881 , the old formulations of ...
... foundations generally had for long made obvious the fact that a realistic theory was still lacking and that a totally inadequate knowledge of the widely varying properties of soil existed . As late as 1881 , the old formulations of ...
Contenido
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
Contracting in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Cen | 89 |
Some Notable British Civil Engineering Works I 1825 | 106 |
Otras 35 secciones no mostradas
Términos y frases comunes
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