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US2157959A
US2157959A US122317A US12231737A US2157959A US 2157959 A US2157959 A US 2157959A US 122317 A US122317 A US 122317A US 12231737 A US12231737 A US 12231737A US 2157959 A US2157959 A US 2157959A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01D—CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES, ELEVATED ROADWAYS OR VIADUCTS; ASSEMBLY OF BRIDGES
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  • the bridge can be composed of one rib or span with each end flexibly attached to a massive shore abutment: or the rib may consist of two components, but not more, hingeably connected at II the crown of the-arch and flexibly attached at each end to a shore abutment.
  • the bridge may, furthermore, be arched in the horizontal plane and formed of concrete buoyant upon water and composed of a .rib in two parts hingeably connected at the crown of the arch and flexibly at-' tached at each end to a shore abutment.
  • the material for the construction of this waterborne bridge may be of wood, steel or concrete and concrete has been selected, as a material well suited to the purpose in hand.
  • the components which form the rib of the arched bridge when joined together at the crown can each be a composite integral structure ofa length say of fifteen hundred (1500) feet, more or less, and each part can thus be constructed and assembled by methods .well known to concrete engineers.
  • the rib of the arch will be in contact with the water throughout the whole of its length.
  • the rib of the arch if made of concrete material may weigh up to twenty thousand (20,000) tons.
  • concrete is used, to make the arch structure hollow and preferably in compartments or cellular II and to strengthen the same with reinforcing rods or plates embedded in the walls thereof.
  • the arch structure is reinforced with steel rods or plates it resists the tensile forces pro-.
  • wind and tide loads which act in the 20 opposite direction to the wind and tide loads which cause a thrust or compressive force throughout the member or members forming the arch rib.
  • the hinged connections between the ends of the arch and the abutments are there- 5 fore designed to carry both tensile and compressive forces.
  • the arch rib is composed'of two members the hinge at the crown is also capable of carrying either tensile or compressive forces.
  • This bridge The primary function of this bridge is to hear so and permit of the passage of fast moving vehicular trafllc for which it isfparticularly suited owing to the great rigidity of the structure and its behaviour under such loads and the pressure of winds and tides. 5
  • My invention therefore concerns a bridge composed of a single member in arcuate form or two equal components in horizontal plane buoyant upon water with which the bridge is in contact throughout its entire lengthand an abutment at 40 each end to which the bridge can be flexibly connected, the structure having the necessary rigidity inherent in the curved member to resist forces directed there-against substantially horizontally.
  • the attachments at the shore ends between the arch and the abutments transmit the forces produced by the varying loads upon the arch to the abutments.
  • the connections which are hereinafter described in detail, are of great strength and designed to allow the bridge to rise and fall bodilywith the tides.
  • the Joints of the con- 'nections may be protected from the water by rubber or other shields. Means are also provided, if the rib is in two parts, for keeping the roadway substantially in transverse alignment such as when a live load is upon one rib and before it passes to the other and provision is also made for the passage of the usual traflic over the shore and crown joints of the bridgeway.
  • Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of the lay-out of my arch waterborne bridge.
  • Fig. la is a similar view of a floating bridge in one piece.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates on the line 22 of Fig. 1
  • Fig. '7 illustrates in side elevation the span be tween the bridge and the shore approach to concrete abutment and 8 shows in plan view the construction of the abutment links and joint between a' link and the bridge in section.
  • the bridge is composed of a waterborne arch formed in one piece as shown in Fig. 1a or in not more than two parts 9, Fig. 1, flexibly joined at the crownand flexibly attached at each end to a strong shore abutment ill, the north and south arrows of Fig. 1 indicating the direction of alternating currents of wind or water.
  • the material selected for the construction of the rib 9 is concrete and each part thereof is integrally formed and capable of being floated on water by approved methods known to concrete engineers.
  • the structure is cellular and suitably reinforced with rods or plates, deeply embedded in the material, with vertical partitions orbulk heads that in a bridge having a roadway ll, of say a thirtyfour (34) feet width, will adequately support the same.
  • This roadway will be capable of carrying the usual vehicular trafllc, footways, tram-cars and even steam or electric trains and can be fitted at the sides with spray or water screens l2.
  • the cellular halves as the crown of the bridge is approached, may be formed with the thrust members l3 radiating from the hinge connection between the same.
  • the hinge will be composedtof a pair of heavy cast members ll the base plate of each of which is securely anchored to an opposing part by bolts deeply sunk in the concrete material. Each hinge member will overlap and be held by a substantial pin 15.
  • a stout cast steel beam I 8 that is securely anchored into one part to extend over the opposing part and move over and in contact therewith as the relative positions of the components alter.
  • the forward end of. the casting cansupport a roller I! that will bear upon a plate on the bridge deck.
  • Such a device is placed at each side of the bridge or roadway.
  • a heavy load upon one side is approaching the crown of the bridge and there is a tendency for that side to be depressed by such load to cause the roadway to incline fromthe horizontal the movement will be checked by the bearing of member IS on the opposite side of the roadway, and, in part at least, for the movement of one component to be conveyed to the other, thus relieving the hinge and pin ii.
  • two or more of the members l6 may be placed in parallel at each side of the bridgeway to function in the manner explained, the second set being placed.reverse1y to the first set.
  • the bridge ends are connected to the abutments ill by massive links i8 preferably'in the form of an equilateral triangle.
  • the links can be hinged to a plate l9 secured to an abutment and at the apex are attached hingeably to a bracket on the end of the bridge through a pin 20.
  • in which the pin resides is made with two side members 22 and with a central horn plate 23.
  • the pin 20 will pass through the side members and the plate 23 which latter acts as an intermediary support for the pin.
  • the links l8 shouldbe separately fashioned of cast steel and the end of each link is flanged as at 24 and holed to receive the pin 20 while being securely held together by the bolts 25.
  • the pin may further be fitted with a spherical member 26 about its middle part and in such case the link flanges 24 and the horn plate 23 will be fashioned to ride upon the sphere 26, the whole thus providing a secure and flexible union between a bridge end and an abutment. In cases where the bridge is subjected to considerable rises and falls due to tides thisform of connection between the bridge ends and the abutments may be varied.
  • the alternative connection may thus consist of a strong cast frame flxed upon each end of the arch while upon each abutment is a stout cast member having a vertical slot.
  • a roller of a size On the end of the bridge connection is a roller of a size to be freely accommodated in and to move along the slots as the bridge rises and falls.
  • a bridge arched in the horizontal plane buoyant upon water composed of a broad rib, a roadway on the surface of the rib, a shore abutment at each end of the bridge and hinged links between each end of the bridge and the adjacent abutment, a flange on the outer end of each link, a bracket on each end of the bridge, side members to the brackets, a central horn plate in said bracket and a pin in each bracket that passes horizontally through the side plates, link flanges and horn plate.
  • a bridge arched in the horizontal plane buoyant upon water composed of a broad rib, a roadway on the surface of the rib, a shore abutment at each end of the bridge and hinged links between each end of the bridge and the adjacent abutment, a flange on the outer end of each link, a bracket on each end of the bridge, side members to the brackets, a central horn plate in said bracket, a pin in each bracket that passes horizontally through the side plates, link flanges and horn plate and a sphere on the pin about its middle part upon which the link flanges and the horn plate are adapted to ride.
  • a bridge arched in the horizontal plane buoyant upon water composed of a rib or span in two parts, a hinge connection between the parts at the crown ofthe arch, a stout steel rigidity inherent in the curved member to resist forces directed thereagainst substantially horizontally.
  • a bridge in arcuate form in the horizontal plane buoyant upon water composed of two equal components, an abutment at each end to whichthe bridge is flexibly connected, and a pin at the crown of the curve for connecting said components, the structure having the necessary rigidity inherent in the curved member to resist forces directed thereagainst substantially horizontally.
  • a bridge in arcuate form in the horizontal plane buoyant upon water composed of concrete material and cellular, adapted to be in contact with the water throughout the whole of its length, an abutment at each end to flexibly connect and retain the bridge in position, the bridge having the necessary rigidity inherent in the curved member to resist forces directed against it substantially horizontally.

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US2636197A (en) * 1947-06-04 1953-04-28 Odot Charles Alexis Mar Eugene Military bridge
US2681190A (en) * 1951-04-19 1954-06-15 Alan C Thomson Helicopter landing field
US4097948A (en) * 1975-08-16 1978-07-04 Dyckerhoff & Widmann Aktiengesellschaft Floating roadway assembly for road vehicles
US4177531A (en) * 1978-09-20 1979-12-11 Magirus-Deutz Ag Device for adjusting and coupling amphibious vehicles
WO1989011002A1 (en) * 1988-05-02 1989-11-16 Moss Rosenberg Verft A/S A floating bridge
US20090289309A1 (en) * 2008-05-21 2009-11-26 Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Ltd. Method for reducing silicide defects in integrated circuits
US20110064520A1 (en) * 2008-05-14 2011-03-17 Bergstroem Richard Device for preventing ice formation on a surface layer
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FR2590624A1 (fr) * 1985-11-25 1987-05-29 Tonarelli Giovanni Tube-viaduc flottant, pouvant etre place entre deux rivages pour le transit des vehicules ferroviaires et routiers
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US2636197A (en) * 1947-06-04 1953-04-28 Odot Charles Alexis Mar Eugene Military bridge
US2681190A (en) * 1951-04-19 1954-06-15 Alan C Thomson Helicopter landing field
US4097948A (en) * 1975-08-16 1978-07-04 Dyckerhoff & Widmann Aktiengesellschaft Floating roadway assembly for road vehicles
US4177531A (en) * 1978-09-20 1979-12-11 Magirus-Deutz Ag Device for adjusting and coupling amphibious vehicles
WO1989011002A1 (en) * 1988-05-02 1989-11-16 Moss Rosenberg Verft A/S A floating bridge
US20110064520A1 (en) * 2008-05-14 2011-03-17 Bergstroem Richard Device for preventing ice formation on a surface layer
US20090289309A1 (en) * 2008-05-21 2009-11-26 Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Ltd. Method for reducing silicide defects in integrated circuits
CN112301868A (zh) * 2020-10-26 2021-02-02 方苏峤 一种拼接桥梁
CN114016382A (zh) * 2021-12-15 2022-02-08 中国电建集团成都勘测设计研究院有限公司 一种预应力浮桥便桥及其施工方法
CN117248435A (zh) * 2023-08-23 2023-12-19 中铁广州工程局集团有限公司 一种三肢星型人行景观桥钢梁架设及合龙施工方法

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