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- Vierendeel_bridge abstract "A Vierendeel bridge is a bridge employing a Vierendeel truss, named after Arthur Vierendeel.Such trusses do not have the usual triangular voids seen in a pin–joint truss bridge, rather employing rectangular openings and rigid connections in the elements, which (unlike a conventional truss) must also resist substantial bending forces. Owing to a lesser economy of materials and the difficulty of design before the advent of computers, this truss is rarely used in bridges outside Belgium. The form is more commonly employed in building structures where large shear walls or diagonal elements would interfere with the building's aesthetics or functionality. The first such bridge was built in steel at Avelgem, Belgium in 1902, following development of the truss form and a method to calculate its strength in 1896 by Arthur Vierendeel. There are many more examples in Belgium, also constructed in concrete, mostly designed by Vierendeel's many students in a long career as professor in civil engineering.The city of Glendale, California has three Vierendeel truss bridges: the Geneva Street, Kenilworth Avenue, and Glenoaks Boulevard bridges, all two-lane bridges spanning 95 feet. They were built in 1937 as part of the Verdugo Flood Control Project, the first project of the United States Army Corps of Engineers after passage of the Flood Control Act of 1936.The double-deck cable-stayed Kap Shui Mun Bridge in Hong Kong uses a Vierendeel truss. Opened in 1997, the lower deck carries both rail and traffic, with the lack of diagonal members in the cross section allowing vehicles to drive through the openings provided by the Vierendeel design.".
- Vierendeel_bridge thumbnail Grammene-vierendeelbridge_20030618.jpg?width=300.
- Vierendeel_bridge wikiPageExternalLink index.html.
- Vierendeel_bridge wikiPageID "6134831".
- Vierendeel_bridge wikiPageRevisionID "590985649".
- Vierendeel_bridge ancestorNames Truss_bridge.
- Vierendeel_bridge carries "Pedestrians, pipelines, automobiles, trucks, light rail, heavy rail".
- Vierendeel_bridge descendentNames "None".
- Vierendeel_bridge design "High".
- Vierendeel_bridge falsework "Depends upon length, materials, and degree of prefabrication".
- Vierendeel_bridge hasPhotoCollection Vierendeel_bridge.
- Vierendeel_bridge imageTitle "Vierendeel bridge at Grammene, Belgium".
- Vierendeel_bridge material Prestressed_concrete.
- Vierendeel_bridge material Reinforced_concrete.
- Vierendeel_bridge material Steel.
- Vierendeel_bridge movable "Movable bridges of this type are very rare. Only one swing bridge of this type was known http://users.telenet.be/karel.roose/vierendeel/scheepsdalebrug/index.html".
- Vierendeel_bridge siblingNames "None".
- Vierendeel_bridge spanRange "Short to medium".
- Vierendeel_bridge typeName "Vierendeel bridge".
- Vierendeel_bridge subject Category:Bridges_in_Belgium.
- Vierendeel_bridge subject Category:Truss_bridges.
- Vierendeel_bridge subject Category:Trusses.
- Vierendeel_bridge type Artifact100021939.
- Vierendeel_bridge type Bridge102898711.
- Vierendeel_bridge type Bridges.
- Vierendeel_bridge type BridgesInBelgium.
- Vierendeel_bridge type Object100002684.
- Vierendeel_bridge type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Vierendeel_bridge type Structure104341686.
- Vierendeel_bridge type TrussBridge104492749.
- Vierendeel_bridge type TrussBridges.
- Vierendeel_bridge type Whole100003553.
- Vierendeel_bridge type YagoGeoEntity.
- Vierendeel_bridge type YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity.
- Vierendeel_bridge comment "A Vierendeel bridge is a bridge employing a Vierendeel truss, named after Arthur Vierendeel.Such trusses do not have the usual triangular voids seen in a pin–joint truss bridge, rather employing rectangular openings and rigid connections in the elements, which (unlike a conventional truss) must also resist substantial bending forces. Owing to a lesser economy of materials and the difficulty of design before the advent of computers, this truss is rarely used in bridges outside Belgium.".
- Vierendeel_bridge label "Pont Vierendeel".
- Vierendeel_bridge label "Puente Vierendeel".
- Vierendeel_bridge label "Trave Vierendeel".
- Vierendeel_bridge label "Vierendeel bridge".
- Vierendeel_bridge label "Vierendeelbrug".
- Vierendeel_bridge label "Vierendeelträger".
- Vierendeel_bridge label "Балка Виренделя".
- Vierendeel_bridge label "フィーレンディール橋".
- Vierendeel_bridge sameAs Vierendeelträger.
- Vierendeel_bridge sameAs Puente_Vierendeel.
- Vierendeel_bridge sameAs Pont_Vierendeel.
- Vierendeel_bridge sameAs Trave_Vierendeel.
- Vierendeel_bridge sameAs フィーレンディール橋.
- Vierendeel_bridge sameAs Vierendeelbrug.
- Vierendeel_bridge sameAs m.0fr_mv.
- Vierendeel_bridge sameAs Q950758.
- Vierendeel_bridge sameAs Q950758.
- Vierendeel_bridge sameAs Vierendeel_bridge.
- Vierendeel_bridge wasDerivedFrom Vierendeel_bridge?oldid=590985649.
- Vierendeel_bridge depiction Grammene-vierendeelbridge_20030618.jpg.
- Vierendeel_bridge isPrimaryTopicOf Vierendeel_bridge.