“In the past, masonry arch-type bridges were common,” he adds. “These heavy stone structures looked beautiful but eventually ...

For centuries a hanging chain has been used as an example to explain how masonry arches stand. Structural engineers are familiar with seventeenth-century scientist Robert Hooke's theory that a ...

The “Exploiting the Resilience of Masonry Arch Bridge Infrastructure (ERMABI)” workshop was sponsored by the ERMABI EPSRC Project, which focuses on developing a deeper understanding of the behaviour ...

Briefly, structural masonry is a construction system in which ... the architecture is in harmony with the landscape. Dissolving Arch, a weather-specific installation by stpmj, responds to the ...

THE author's object in this text-book has been to present in a simple and direct form a method which can be employed in the design of masonry arches according to the elastic theory. He points out ...

Masonry arch bridges still form the backbone of the UK's transport infrastructure; approaching 50% of bridge spans on the UK rail and regional highway networks are masonry. However, a number of ...