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In French, a rudimentary simple suspension bridge is known by one of three names, depending on its form: pont himalayen ("Himalayan bridge": a single footrope and handrails on both sides, usually without a deck); pont de singe ("monkey bridge: a footrope with overhead rope); and tyrolienne ("Tyrolean": a zip-line). [22]
A cầu khỉ ("monkey bridge") in Vietnam is a handmade bamboo or wooden passway across a stream or gully. [1] [2] The "monkey bridge", as a uniquely Vietnamese traditional symbol, was the inspiration for the title of American author Lan Cao's novel Monkey Bridge. [3]
A 3D printing company, MX3D based in the Netherlands is planning to print a 3D bridge over a canal in the center of Amsterdam. The inventors created a robotic structure that can fully rotate to ...
A bridge management system (BMS) is a set of methodologies and procedures for managing information about bridges. Such system is capable of document and process data along the entire life cycle of the structure steps: project design, construction, monitoring, maintenance and end of operation. [1] [2]
The purpose of the tower was to instill fear and respect in anyone arriving in the town, while the monkey represented mockery. The statue was destroyed with the tower during the Nine Years' War. [1] Drawing of the Heidelberg Bridge Monkey from the year 1620. Touching his bare backside, the monkey showed the Electoral Palatinate Greeting to ...
A masonry skew arch bridge photographed shortly after its completion in 1898, showing the helicoidal nature of its stonework. Sickergill Skew Bridge over the River Raven at Renwick, near Penrith. A skew arch (also known as an oblique arch) is a method of construction that enables an arch bridge to span an obstacle at some angle other than a ...
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