TY - GEN
T1 - Strengthening historic pedestrian suspension bridges
T2 - 6th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historic Construction: Preserving Safety and Significance, SAHC08
AU - Wouters, I.
AU - Schoonjans, Y.
AU - De Bouw, M.
AU - Adriaenssens, S.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - In the 1820's an impressive amount of early iron suspension bridges was constructed. Since all of the large span suspension bridges of that period of the European continent have disappeared, the smaller pedestrian ones gain interest. Only four iron suspension bridges built before 1825 remain on the continent (Vernosc-les Annonay, Bazel-Kruibeke, Saint Petersburg and Nuremberg). They are the last materialized witnesses of an experimental phase in iron suspension bridge engineering. Given their antiquity and the modern demands, those bridges must be renovated. Strengthening the bridge to comply the current safety standards is in direct contrast with the wish to preserve the historic fabric. It is within this complex problem that different renovation strategies for the early 19th century pedestrian bridges, ranging from replica to contemporary interference, are analyzed and discussed.
AB - In the 1820's an impressive amount of early iron suspension bridges was constructed. Since all of the large span suspension bridges of that period of the European continent have disappeared, the smaller pedestrian ones gain interest. Only four iron suspension bridges built before 1825 remain on the continent (Vernosc-les Annonay, Bazel-Kruibeke, Saint Petersburg and Nuremberg). They are the last materialized witnesses of an experimental phase in iron suspension bridge engineering. Given their antiquity and the modern demands, those bridges must be renovated. Strengthening the bridge to comply the current safety standards is in direct contrast with the wish to preserve the historic fabric. It is within this complex problem that different renovation strategies for the early 19th century pedestrian bridges, ranging from replica to contemporary interference, are analyzed and discussed.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79952324447
SN - 0415468728
SN - 9780415468725
T3 - Structural Analysis of Historic Construction: Preserving Safety and Significance - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historic Construction, SAHC08
SP - 1383
EP - 1390
BT - Structural Analysis of Historic Construction
Y2 - 2 July 2008 through 4 July 2008
ER -