Abstract: This paper studies the effects of random properties on the strength and reliability of two steel frames. Monte Carlo simulation is used to analyze the behavior of a low-rise industrial frame and a grain storage bin. Both ...

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: Navier’s 1823 Memoire (C. L. Navier. 1823. Rapport à Monsieur Becquey, Conseiller d’État, Directeur Général des Ponts et Chaussées et des Mines; et mémoire sur les ponts suspendus. Paris: L’Imprimerie Royale) is the seminal ...

Abstract: The Allegheny Aqueduct (1845–1861) in Pittsburgh was the first suspension bridge designed and constructed by John A. Roebling (1806–1869), who would go on to design some of the most prominent and longest-spanning suspension ...

Abstract: The Smithfield Street Bridge (1846–1883) in Pittsburgh was the first roadway suspension bridge designed and constructed by John A. Roebling (1806–1869). The eight-span bridge was built on the surviving masonry piers of a ...