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A Vierendeel bridge is a bridge employing a Vierendeel truss, named after Arthur Vierendeel, a Belgian engineer who proposed this new bridge girder-type without diagonals in 1896. [ 1 ] Such trusses are made up of rectangular rather than triangular frames, as are common in bridges using pin–joints .
Arthur Vierendeel (10 April 1852 – 8 November 1940) was a civil engineer born in Leuven, Belgium. He had a career as a university professor, and civil engineer. The structure known as the Vierendeel truss is named after him.
A truss is an assembly of members such as beams, connected by nodes, ... A Vierendeel bridge, which lacks diagonal elements in the primary structure.
A Vierendeel bridge. The Vierendeel truss, unlike common pin-jointed trusses, imposes significant bending forces upon its members—but this in turn allows the elimination of many diagonal elements. It is a structure where the members are not triangulated but form rectangular openings, and is a frame with fixed joints that are capable of ...
Bridge Vierendeel Truss 37 Concord Street Bridge Concord St. @ Verdugo Flood Control 1997 1936 Bridge Through Truss 38 F.W. Woolworth Building ...
Vierendeel truss bowstring arch: II: Crosses the River Wear: Monmouth Viaduct a.k.a. Chippenham Meadow Viaduct: Monmouth, Wales: 183 m (600 ft) 1861: Carried the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk & Pontypool Railway across the River Wye: Moorswater Viaduct: Liskeard, Cornwall: 291 m (955 ft) 1881: Stone arch: II* Crosses the Liskeard and Looe Railway ...
The Waldo–Hancock was also the first bridge to make use of the Vierendeel truss in its two towers, giving it an effect that Steinman called "artistic, emphasizing horizontal and vertical lines." This attractive and effective truss design was later used in a number of important bridges, including the Triborough Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge. [3]
Later that month installation of the Vierendeel Truss, one of the hub's key components, began with the installation of a 50 short tons (45 long tons) section of the 271-short-ton (242-long-ton) truss. The truss serves as the mezzanine roof and also acts as a support for the northeast corner of the WTC Memorial. [93] Concourse above PATH tracks