LF>Book [Rope bridge mathematical design]

[SAlbkheet]

Hi,


I am looking for the best Book that shows you step by step how to design or calculate a rope bridge.

I would appreciate your help if you know a good book.



Thank you
S.A

 

[Qshake]

I'm not sure such an example exists. You may want to investigate a text called Cable Structures by Max Irvine, which would be the closest to providing the theory behind the rope bridge.

Regards,
Qshake

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[bridgebuster]

You can go to SlideRuleEra's website and download the old US Steel wire rope handbook. It doesn't get into rope bridges per se but it should be useful.

http://www.slideruleera.net/miscellaneous.html

He also has D.B. Steinman's book on suspension bridges.

http://www.slideruleera.net/contributions.html

 

[ishvaaag]

I have also an around 100 pages beautiful excerpt by Thomas C. Kavanagh on suspension bridges in my closed cabinet that I access only sometimes a year ... try whilst to identify and find.

 

[kelowna]

Bridges to Prosperity is a charity that has a great website. They erect bridges on poor areas, and their website has a number of resources for the design and construction of simple suspension bridges.

They also have links to other resources, I seem to remember the webpage for the Nepal trail bridge program had quite a bit of information

http://www.bridgestoprosperity.org/

 

[bridgebuster]

good link kelowna.

 

[VoyageofDiscovery]

You need the design loadings and a non-linear analysis, as the deformation affects the cable stress. Determining a reasonable initial sag is the starting point.

HTH

VoD