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Summary
Summary
In the Wake of Tacoma is the first comprehensive treatment of the changes that the 1940 collapse of the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge has imposed on the design of suspension bridges. Written as a historical narrative, this heavily illustrated book describes design trends before the collapse, the collapse itself, and the investigations to determine its cause. The book then examines subsequent aerodynamic and other design developments and their application in suspension bridges worldwide in the decades following the collapse.
In the Wake of Tacoma is a comprehensive reference work on suspension bridges in general, examining virtually every suspension bridge of note built in the past sixty years and highlighting overall development of the state of the art today. It goes beyond the major, well-known bridges to examine many small and mid-span suspension bridges worldwide that have contributed significantly to the modern development of the form. Also covered are the engineering debates and engineers involved; discussions of bridges under construction and under design; and new design concepts and materials to conquer the huge distances envisaged for such crossings as the Messina and Gibraltar straits.
Presented in easy-to-understand, nontechnical language, this book, which received the 2006 Publication Award from the Japan Association for Wind Engineering, should appeal to both engineers and nonengineers with an interest in bridges and engineering in general.
About the Author
Richard Scott is a waterway heritage planner for Parks Canada, where he is currently responsible for palnning along the Trent-Severn waterway. He is also the editor of History of the Modern Suspension Bridge: Solving the Dilemma between Economy and Stiffness (ASCE Press, 2010).
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...An outstanding history of suspension bridges focusing on post-Tacoma spans... In the Wake of Tacoma is extremely visual and written in a style that makes it accessible, exciting and interesting to both engineers and the general public. It is a masterful study- well researched, written, and illustrated. --Eric DeLony, Chief, Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service
Author Notes
Richard Scott is a Senior Environmental Planner with the National Capital Commission in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of numerous papers and the projects he managed have received several awards, including a 1997 National Honour Award from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. For over 20 years, Mr. Scott has pursued his passion for bridge and freeway aesthetics and urban design. Mr. Scott holds a master's degree in Environmental Studies from York University in Toronto
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Choice Review
Scott (environmental planner, National Capital Commission, Ottawa, Canada) describes the many design changes that occurred after the 1940 collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. This historical and well-illustrated book describes the before-and-after design factors related to this bridge and other suspension bridges. It is divided into several chapters each covering topics such as the history of the subject; European reconstruction and revolution; the twilight of American dominance; the box girder; Japan's remarkable evolution; China's meteoric rise; and new bridges--the near future. Each chapter contains several sections describing the evaluation of a particular topic. This book is very well written and easy to read, even for the nontechnical person, and it contains many pictures and illustrations. It can serve as a resource for anyone involved in the area of suspension bridge design and civil engineering, and can also be used as a resource text for an undergraduate- or a graduate-level course in civil engineering. Recommended for libraries of all engineering schools. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. S. N. Amirkhanian Clemson University
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| 1.0 Turbulent Beginnings | |
| 1.1 Roots in Antiquity | p. 1 |
| 1.2 Modern Beginnings in America and Europe | p. 2 |
| 1.3 Maturity in America--Ellet and Roebling | p. 7 |
| 2.0 A New Found Confidence | |
| 2.1 Emerging Concepts | p. 13 |
| 2.2 A Proliferation of Concepts | p. 17 |
| 2.3 A Generation of Enormous Spans | p. 22 |
| 3.0 The Plate Girder Suspension Bridge | |
| 3.1 European Origins | p. 29 |
| 3.2 Early Applications in America | p. 31 |
| 3.3 Steinman and the Thousand Island and Deer Isle bridges | p. 33 |
| 3.4 Ammann's Bronx-Whitestone Bridge | p. 37 |
| 4.0 Epiphany at the Tacoma Narrows | |
| 4.1 The Rise and Fall of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge | p. 41 |
| 4.2 The Aftermath of the Collapse | p. 53 |
| 4.3 Reminders of History | p. 55 |
| 4.4 Back to the Future | p. 58 |
| 4.5 The Autopsy Results | p. 63 |
| 4.6 The Carmody Board and the Dynamic Role of Wind | p. 67 |
| 5.0 A Difficult Rebirth | |
| 5.1 The Insurance Battles, Replacing Gertie, the Dismantling | p. 71 |
| 5.2 A Litany of Theories--the Cable Truss and Others | p. 73 |
| 5.3 The Advisory Board on the Investigation of Suspension Bridges | p. 77 |
| 5.4 Steinman Rebuts and the Development of Stiffness Indexes | p. 82 |
| 5.5 Aerodynamic Phenomena and Suspension Bridges | p. 89 |
| 6.0 Retrenchment in America | |
| 6.1 War-Related Spans | p. 95 |
| 6.2 The Rebirth of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge | p. 98 |
| 6.3 Other Early Post-Tacoma Efforts | p. 103 |
| 7.0 The Legacies of Two Giants | |
| 7.1 Steinman's Triumph at Mackinac | p. 109 |
| 7.2 Steinman's Closure--the St. Lawrence and Elsewhere | p. 117 |
| 7.3 Prelude to the Verrazano-Narrows--the Walt Whitman and Throgs Neck bridges | p. 119 |
| 7.4 Ammann's Final Legacy--the Verrazano-Narrows | p. 122 |
| 8.0 European Reconstruction and Revolution | |
| 8.1 The Continent Rebuilds | p. 131 |
| 8.2 Great Britain Stirs | p. 139 |
| 8.3 The Forth Road Bridge | p. 145 |
| 8.4 Revolution Across the River Severn | p. 149 |
| 9.0 A Renaissance of Ideas | |
| 9.1 Fritz Leonhardt and the Monocable Suspension Bridge | p. 159 |
| 9.2 Prestressed Concrete Suspension Bridges and Cable Trusses | p. 163 |
| 9.3 Pipeline Suspension Bridges and other Imaginative Concepts | p. 165 |
| 9.4 Bridge across the Tagus--Innovation in Convention | p. 170 |
| 10.0 The Twilight of American Dominance | |
| 10.1 Return to the West Coast | p. 179 |
| 10.2 The Rise of Prefabricated Parallel Wire Cables | p. 184 |
| 10.3 Canadian Developments | p. 190 |
| 10.4 American Twilight | p. 195 |
| 11.0 The Box Girder Comes of Age | |
| 11.1 The Lillebaelt Bridge, Denmark | p. 201 |
| 11.2 Spanning the Bosporus at Istanbul, Turkey | p. 206 |
| 11.3 The Humber Bridge, England | p. 212 |
| 12.0 The Box Girder--Problems, Politics, and Pseudo-Boxes | |
| 12.1 Severn Under Siege | p. 221 |
| 12.2 Intrigue across the Bosporus | p. 226 |
| 12.3 Hong Kong's Box-like truss--the Tsing Ma Bridge | p. 234 |
| 13.0 The Scandinavian Experience | |
| 13.1 A Unique Norwegian Legacy | p. 243 |
| 13.2 The Storebaelt East Bridge, Denmark | p. 250 |
| 13.3 Hoga Kusten Bridge, Sweden | p. 262 |
| 14.0 Japan's Remarkable Evolution | |
| 14.1 Early Beginnings | p. 267 |
| 14.2 Crossing the Threshold--the Kanmon and Others | p. 270 |
| 14.3 Linking Honshu and Shikoku | p. 273 |
| 14.4 The Seto Ohashi | p. 280 |
| 14.5 The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge--A Giant Reborn | p. 287 |
| 14.6 The Kurushima Triumvirate | p. 294 |
| 14.7 Beyond Honshu and Shikoku | p. 297 |
| 15.0 China's Meteoric Rise | |
| 15.1 A Second Revolution | p. 303 |
| 16.0 New Bridges--The Near Future | |
| 16.1 Spans on the Cusp | p. 311 |
| 16.2 The Allure of the Messina Strait | p. 322 |
| 17.0 Ultralong-Span Suspension Bridges and Aerodynamic Stability | |
| 17.1 Achieving Ultralong-Span Stability | p. 334 |
| 17.2 A Plethora of Fantastic Schemes | p. 339 |
| 18.0 The Legacy of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge | |
| 18.1 The Evolving Science of Bridge Aerodynamics | p. 345 |
| 18.2 The Problematic Plate Girder | p. 351 |
| 18.3 The Legacy of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge | p. 356 |
| References | p. 359 |
| Bibliography | p. 363 |
| Appendix | p. 375 |
| Index | p. 377 |
