Abstract: This paper discusses the early 19th century ideas on cable‐stayed bridges, the innovations from Germany following World War II, the introduction of such bridges into the United States, and some developments in design ...

Abstract: The Department of Civil Engineering and Operations Research and the School of Architecture at Princeton University offer a unique program that integrates engineering and architectural design by combining the curricula of ...

Abstract: This paper explains how a major engineer, Christian Menn, conceived of his design for the 1998 Sunniberg Bridge in Switzerland. Menn had given a brief outline of his approach in an earlier paper, and this paper works out ...

Abstract: Finite-element analyses have shown that the membrane theory assumption for the behavior of gabled hyperbolic paraboloids is incorrect. The form of the structure was originally conceived using this erroneous assumption of ...

Abstract: The work presented in this paper shows that hyperboloid shells can be inexpensively analyzed under the action of concentrated loads using an axisymmetric program. From the point of view of behavior, the numerical analyses ...

Abstract: Within the context of a historical overview, this paper examines how the history and theory of suspension bridges affected their design between 1823 and 1940. Navier's theory of the unstiffened suspension bridge reveals ...

Abstract: A nonlinear analysis that focused on geometric effects and also included the long-term effects of creep and shrinkage performed on the Tucker High School roof revealed an unstable shell with little capacity for increased ...

Abstract: The Williamsburg Bridge crossing New York City's East River has been attacked both by engineering critics who consider it a clumsily oversized design and by the harsh salt‐air environment around the island of Manhattan, ...