Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
 

Did everyone simply pier at the remains of the bridge?

Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
 

It's a good thing that changed though. Otherwise we'd have missed out on the Forth Rail Bridge. Even my wife thought that a stop to admire its beauty was well worth it.

Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
 

Um.... :)

Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
 

It's a fascinating historical period, actually - the point was that prior to the Industrial Revolution the main architecture types could be built without advanced maths, as they were masonry gravity structures like walls, vaults, arches etc. which just happen to be the only ones where that idea is safe. As soon as you start doing beams and trusses you need calculus as a minimum.

One of Brunel's great contributions was legitimising the mathematical approach - being half-French he wasn't scared of algebra and effectively invented finite element analysis to do the Maidenhead Bridge. He wasn't quite the first, but as usual he was in the thick of progress.

Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
 

[quote=danielf;34330462]It's a good thing that changed though. Otherwise we'd have missed out on the Forth Rail Bridge.

Had occassion to cross that bridge many times in the distant past; wonderful experience!
http://images.google.com/images?q=fo...mages&ct=title

Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
 

Personally my favourite is the Stockport Viaduct.

Not designed to be one of the most asthetically-pleasing bridges, but wonderful in sheer scale. You have to see it, as the pics don't do it justice.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/06/11.jpg
http://freespace.virgin.net/john.fai...es/Viaduct.jpg
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ew...izApr04_47.jpg
http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/stockp...rt-viaduct.jpg

Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
 

Forth Road Bridge is another spectacular bridge imho

http://www.civl.port.ac.uk/comp_prog/forth/img00016.jpg

Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
 

This is turning into proper Anorakking :D

Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
 

Yep, didn't know we had so many Gephyrologists on board... :disturbd:

Time the mods started handing out a few Suspensions...

Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
 

That, IMHO, would display a rather reckless, nay, cantilever attitude.

Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
 

Trusst me, you had me beaming from ear to ear & arching my eyebrows at that one... ;)

Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
 

he had his moments, I suppose ;) - personally I wouldn't have had the attention span :)

Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
 

You can't truss anyone these days. I'm just sorry that I, forgetting my duties in the world of cable, stayed reading this poxy thread.

On second reading, this isn't really my area. Still, no doubt it's worth bending someone's ear about

Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
 

Pity he never got to fit the hand braille

Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
 

He obviously had a good feel for the job, though.