The Nienburg cable-stayed bridge collapse: an analysis eighteen decades later
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Published:2005
C. Birnstiel, 2005. "The Nienburg cable-stayed bridge collapse: an analysis eighteen decades later", Bridge Management 5: Inspection, maintenance, assessment and repair: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Bridge Management, organized by the University of Surrey, 11–13 April 2005, G.A.R. Parke, P. Disney
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Some 55 persons died when a cable-stayed bridge over the Saale River at Nienburg, Germany, collapsed on December 6, 1825. The disaster was cited as a reason that no major fixed cable-stayed bridges were constructed until 125 years later. The Nienburg Bridge was the first cable-stayed bridge with a roadway for team-drawn vehicles and sidewalks for pedestrians. Drawings, computations, and legal opinions of the court-of-inquiry were published by the designer/builder in 1827. A paper based on that information and local archives was presented at Bridge Management 3. Results of further study based on other technical information discovered later are presented herein.
Background
The Bridge Design
Bridge Construction
The Collapse
Official Collapse Investigation
Promemoria and Addendum
Preliminary Post-Collapse Structural Analysis
Acknowledgements
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