Analysis and rehabilitation of the 1882 wrought iron bridge

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dc.contributorTriche, Michael H.
dc.contributorWarren, Garry
dc.contributor.advisorRichardson, James A.
dc.contributor.authorMathis, Brandi Price
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T14:36:35Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T14:36:35Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractThe Friends of Historic Northport in conjunction with the City of Northport planned to relocate and preserve an existing span of a bridge that originally crossed the Black Warrior River in 1882. The 1882 Bridge is an old wrought iron arch-shaped truss bridge manufactured by the King Iron and Bridge Company of Ohio. A tensile test and metallographic analysis were performed on samples taken from the bridge, and it was determined that the bridge is composed of at least two grades of wrought iron. The tests also indicated the presence of brittle iron. The wood decking system, the concrete bridge abutments, and the keystone retaining wall for the bridge approaches were designed for material quantities for the relocation project. A structural analysis of the bridge at its new location showed that some of the bridge members were slightly overstressed under certain loading conditions. Parts of the top chord, floor beam, and diagonals were overstressed under the dead and pedestrian loads, and the bottom diagonals were overstressed under the wind load. Four lifting methods were analyzed for the bridge's relocation. The method considered the most efficient was to attach the lifting cables directly to the top chord near the ends of the bridge.en_US
dc.format.extent109 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0000440
dc.identifier.otherMathis_alatus_0004M_10580
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/945
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectCivil engineering
dc.subjectEngineering, Metallurgy
dc.titleAnalysis and rehabilitation of the 1882 wrought iron bridgeen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
etdms.degree.disciplineCivil, Construction & Environmental Engineering
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.levelmaster's
etdms.degree.nameM.S.
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