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In the wake of Tacoma : suspension bridges and the quest for aerodynamic stability
- Title
- In the wake of Tacoma : suspension bridges and the quest for aerodynamic stability / Richard Scott.
- Author
- Scott, Richard, 1956 February 10-
- Publication
- Reston, Va. : ASCE Press, [2001], ©2001.
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Details
- Description
- xxi, 392 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-374) and index.
- Contents
- 1.0. Turbulent Beginnings -- 2.0. A New Found Confidence -- 3.0. The Plate Girder Suspension Bridge -- 4.0. Epiphany at the Tacoma Narrows -- 5.0. A Difficult Rebirth -- 6.0. Retrenchment in America -- 7.0. The Legacies of Two Giants -- 8.0. European Reconstruction and Revolution -- 9.0. A Renaissance of Ideas -- 10.0. The Twilight of American Dominance -- 11.0. The Box Girder Comes of Age -- 12.0. The Box Girder - Problems, Politics, and Pseudo-Boxes -- 13.0. The Scandinavian Experience -- 14.0. Japan's Remarkable Evolution -- 15.0. China's Meteoric Rise -- 16.0. New Bridges - The Near Future -- 17.0. Ultralong-Span Suspension Bridges and Aerodynamic Stability -- 18.0. The Legacy of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
- ISBN
- 0784405425
- LCCN
- 2001034137
- OCLC
- 47049925
- ocm47049925
- SCSB-4269863
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries