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Cable-Stayed Bridges

Svensson, Holger

Cable-Stayed Bridges

40 Years of Experience Worldwide. With Live Lectures on DVD

May 2012
  • 458 pages
  • 1265 figures
  • Hardcover
  • English
ISBN: 978-3-433-02992-3
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Description

The need for large-scale bridges is constantly growing due to the enormous infrastructure projects. This book describes the design analysis, cable types and fabrication, and erection methods. With approx. 200 built examples. Note: The lecture videos are not part of the e-book.

About the author

Holger Svensson's name stands for 40 years of large-scale bridge construction the world over. He obtained his diploma from Stuttgart University and, since 1972, has worked with the world-famous Fritz Leonhardt. At LAP, Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Holger Svensson, PE, CEng, FIStructE, has been active as structural engineer, project manager and chief engineer, and from 1992 to 2010 as managing director and chairman of the board. He has been responsible for the design analysis, construction engineering and checking of cable-stayed bridges around the world, such as the Pasco-Kennewick Bridge over the Columbia River, USA, and the Helgeland Bridge over Leirfjord, Norway.

Since 2009 he has been a lecturer and since 2012 is a professor at Dresden University where he teaches all aspects of the design and construction of cable-stayed bridges.

Holger Svensson was for eight years a vice-president of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) and is currently an independent consulting engineer and a member of the juries for German bridge and structural engineering prizes.