- A box
girder or
tubular girder (or box beam) is a
girder that
forms an
enclosed tube with
multiple walls, as
opposed to an Ɪ- or H-beam.
Originally constructed...
- A
tubular bridge is a
bridge built as a
rigid box
girder section within which the
traffic is carried.
Famous examples include the
original Britannia Bridge...
- In some cases, the
plate girders may be
formed in a Z-shape
rather than I-shape. The
first tubular wrought iron
plate girder bridge was
built in 1846-47...
- A
balloon flange girder is a form of
vertical I-beam
wrought iron
plate girder,
where the top flange,
instead of
being a
simple flat plate, is extended...
-
percussion family Tubular bridge, a
bridge built as a
rigid box
girder section, with the
traffic carried within the
section Tubular ch****is or superleggera...
-
performed in-depth
studies on the
concept of
tubular bridges. For the
detailed design of the structure's
girders,
Stephenson gained the ****istance of distinguished...
- Boilers, and on
Boiler Explosions, with the
means of prevention. On
Tubular Girder Bridges. London:
William Clowes & Sons. 1851.
Retrieved 4 June 2009...
- an
enclosed box
girder, made of
riveted wrought iron,
combined relative lightness with
great strength. The
tubular wrought-iron
girder – be the cross-section...
- A box
girder bridge, or box
section bridge, is a
bridge in
which the main
beams comprise girders in the
shape of a
hollow box. The box
girder normally...
-
regarded as the
first box
girder bridge. It was
designed by John Fowler, who had been
influenced by
Fairbairn and Stephenson's
tubular bridges at
Conwy and...
