砌体桥梁、高架桥和水上管道

2000年来，最耐用的跨越式结构都是用砖石建造的，罗马帝国现存的桥梁向石匠大师、建筑师和工程师提出了挑战，要求他们效仿和超越它们。几个世纪以来，桥梁建造商一直由君主、主教、州议会、城市、私人以及最近的水路和铁路公司委托。本卷收集的研究主要集中在桥梁、高架桥和渡槽本身以及设计师和建设者的行为上，但也包括其创作的政治、经济和社会背景及成果。英国、意大利、法国、伊朗和美国的著名桥梁都有特色。关于概念、设计和施工的叙述占主导地位，但也有关于施工技术、文献来源分析以及现代工程师不断寻求对拱桥强度和稳定性进行令人满意的科学描述的论文。
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Masonry Bridges, Viaducts and Aquaducts
For 2,000 years the most durable spanning structures have been built of masonry, and the surviving bridges of the Roman Empire have challenged master masons, architects and engineers to emulate and surpass them. Down the centuries, bridge-builders have been commissioned by monarchs, bishops, councils of state, cities, private individuals and, more recently, waterway and railway companies. The studies collected in this volume focus chiefly on the bridges, viaducts and aqueducts themselves and the actions of the designers and builders, but also encompass the political, economic and social contexts and outcomes of their creation. Famous bridges in Britain, Italy, France, Iran and the USA are all featured. Narratives of conception, design and construction predominate, but there are also papers on construction techniques, on the analysis of documentary sources, and on the continuing search by modern engineers for satisfactory scientific description of the strength and stability of arch bridges.
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