2012
DOI: 10.1002/stco.201210029
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The Vierendeel bridges over the Albert Canal, Belgium – their significance in the story of brittle failures

Abstract: Between 1933 and 1938, some 50 Vierendeel-

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“…hst-journal.com Історія науки і техніки, 2023, том 13, випуск 2 History of science andtechnology, 2023, vol. 13, issue 2 This is generally considered the first brittle failure of a large all-welded structure (Espion, 2012) and received much attention at the time. The article by Espion (2012) analyzed the main causes of cracks and failures in welded bridges.…”
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“…hst-journal.com Історія науки і техніки, 2023, том 13, випуск 2 History of science andtechnology, 2023, vol. 13, issue 2 This is generally considered the first brittle failure of a large all-welded structure (Espion, 2012) and received much attention at the time. The article by Espion (2012) analyzed the main causes of cracks and failures in welded bridges.…”
Section: What Were the Main Reasons For The Destruction Of Metal Weld...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…13, issue 2 This is generally considered the first brittle failure of a large all-welded structure (Espion, 2012) and received much attention at the time. The article by Espion (2012) analyzed the main causes of cracks and failures in welded bridges. Between 1932 and 1937, about 50 welded road bridges of the frame construction type invented by Vierendeel truss were built in Belgium to cross the Albert Canal or the Campine canals.…”
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“…In the 1930s, the number of erected Vierendeel bridges increased significantly in Belgium, after settlement of the question of the patent fees payable to Vierendeel (Espion, 2012a): that is the story of the ill-fated all-welded bridges built over the Albert canal, which has been told elsewhere (Espion, 2012a(Espion, , 2012b. In Belgium at present, the few Vierendeel bridges that still exist were (re-)constructed after the Second World War.…”
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