Article | REF: C2676 V1

Steel bridges - Specific applications

Author: Jean-Pierre DUCOUT

Publication date: November 10, 1997

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  • Jean-Pierre DUCOUT: Engineer from the École nationale d'arts et métiers - CHEM - Professor at the Centre des hautes études de la construction (CHEM) - Head of the Structures Division at the Technical Office for the Use of Steel (OTUA)

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Having outlined the main components of bridges in the article "Bridges. General design", we describe the main components of bridges, and then go on to describe their specific applications in road bridges, rail bridges, movable bridges and pedestrian bridges. Their differences underline, if proof were needed, the importance of functional data in bridge design.

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