The Happy Pontist

A blog from the UK about bridges and bridge design

Showing posts with label tensegrity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tensegrity. Show all posts
11 January 2010

I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your bridge up

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New Civil Engineer reports that Swiss architects have created an inflatable bridge . Philipp Dohmen and Oscar Zieta have built a 6m long ste...
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14 June 2009

Tensegrity bridges: 5. Miscellaneous

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So, tensegrity bridges . The Rome , Washington and Brisbane bridges are the major examples I've found, but there are one or two others...
10 June 2009

Tensegrity bridges: 4. Kurilpa Bridge, Brisbane

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Kurilpa Bridge, currently under construction in Brisbane, Australia, is one of the most audacious and technically ambitious bridge designs o...
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05 June 2009

Tensegrity bridges: 3. National Building Museum, Washington

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While the TorVergata footbridge was an example of a very well-ordered application of tensegrity to bridge design, the proposed footbridge a...
03 June 2009

Tensegrity bridges: 2. Passerella TorVergata, Rome

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So, with an introduction to tensegrity out of the way, let's see who would actually be crazy enough to try and design such a bridge. Fi...
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02 June 2009

Tensegrity bridges: 1. Introduction

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This September, the world's first bridge of any significance which claims to be designed on the tensegrity principle will open in Brisb...
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