Introduction to Mechanized Bridge Construction

In 44 pages, the bestselling title of the BridgeTech explains the reasons for the industry trend toward mechanized bridge construction, discusses its principles, means and methods, and explores the different types of bridge construction machines and their influence on bridge design and construction.

With extensive illustrations, Introduction to Mechanized Bridge Construction introduces launchers and shifters for precast beams, the different families of self-launching gantries for span-by-span precast segmental bridges, and the movable scaffolding systems (MSS) for span-by-span casting. It also explores form travelers and telescopic MSS for balanced cantilever casting, self-launching gantries and lifting frames for balanced cantilever erection of precast segmental and macro-segmental bridges, and the span carriers with underbridge and the span launchers fed by tire trolleys for full-span precasting.

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