Bridge Bearings and Expansion Joints
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: December 31, 1990
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780419145707
First sentence: Structural engineering in the past had to grapple with the problem of foundation stability to a far greater extent than the difficulty of accommodating thermal strains in the structure once it was standing; it is largely the modern requirements for bridge structures which have generated the problems of bearings and expansion joints.