Structural Analysis Assignment Harbour Bridge

Harbour Bridge
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Structural analysis

Harbour Bridge
Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Annotation.......................................................................................................................................4
Live Loads.......................................................................................................................................4
Principle Structure...........................................................................................................................4
Plan and elevation............................................................................................................................4
Principle structure............................................................................................................................5
Material Used...................................................................................................................................5
Bending, Tension and compression.................................................................................................6
Critical connection...........................................................................................................................6
Footing system.................................................................................................................................7
Serviceability...................................................................................................................................7
Bibliography....................................................................................................................................8
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Harbour Bridge
Introduction
This project will analyse the one of the remarkable man made structure, named as Harbour
Bridge situated in Sydney, Australia. People has gain much knowledge through research and
development, but this structure was made at that time when knowledge about making such
structure at an early stage. When behaviour of any made structure was merely predictable. The
thought about and safety is not a serious concern and factor of safety were taken as 2.5 times of
the capacity.
It is
not enough to say that there are very few bridges in world that has property similar to the
Harbour Bridge Sydney. Some of the important historical and important facts are as follows.
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Figure 1 Annotation diagram of Harbour Bridge