Research Article
Jan 1923
Tentative Specifications for Steel Railway Bridge Superstructure (A Discussion)
Authors: F. E. Turneaure, M.ASCE, Burton R. Leffler, M.ASCE, Francis P. Witmer, M.ASCE, James E. Howard, Crosby Miller, AM.ASCE, C. D. Purdon, M.ASCE, G. B. Woodruff, AM.ASCE, … Show All … , C. E. Conover, M.ASCE, Edward Godfrey, M.ASCE, D. B. Steinman, M.ASCE, Percival S. Baker, M.ASCE, A. W. Carpenter, M.ASCE, Benjamin W. Guppy, M.ASCE, G. G. Thomas, Charles Evan Fowler, M.ASCE, Frederick E. Schall, M.ASCE, O. H. Ammann, M.ASCE, J. B. Hurley, Otis E. Hovey, M.ASCE, J. W. Spiller, Henry Goldmark, M.ASCE, R. S. Chew, M.ASCE, H. M. MacKay, M.ASCE, Alfred S. Niles Jr., J.ASCE, and Henry B. Seaman, M.ASCE Show FewerAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 86, Issue 1
Abstract
As both live loading and impact have been recent subjects discussed by the American Railway Engineering Association, the work of the Special Committee on Specifications for Bridge Design and Construction of the Society, was greatly simplified, and, in general, consisted of a careful review of the publication8 of that Association and the consideration of new material or new aspects that may have appear ed since that time.
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 86 • Issue 1 • January 1923
Pages: 532 - 605
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F. E. Turneaure, M.ASCE
Cons. Engr., Dean, Coli. of Mechanics and Eng., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
Burton R. Leffler, M.ASCE
Engr. of Bridges, N. Y. C. R. R., Lines West of Buffalo, Cleveland, Ohio.
Francis P. Witmer, M.ASCE
Cons. Engr., New York City.
James E. Howard
Engr. Physicist, Inter state Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C.
Crosby Miller, AM.ASCE
Bridge Engr., Chesapeake & Ohio Ry., Richmond, Va.
C. D. Purdon, M.ASCE
Cons. Engr., St. Louis Southwestern Ry., St. Louis, Mo.
G. B. Woodruff, AM.ASCE
Asst. to Bridge Engr., Lehigh Valley R. R., Bethlehem, Pa.
C. E. Conover, M.ASCE
Designing Engr., Transit Comm., New York City.
Edward Godfrey, M.ASCE
Structural Engr., Pittsburgh, Pa.
D. B. Steinman, M.ASCE
Cons. Engr., New York City.
Percival S. Baker, M.ASCE
Engr. of Bridges and Bldgs., F. & R. Ry., Philadelphia, Fa.
A. W. Carpenter, M.ASCE
Asst. Valuation Engr., N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R., New York City.
Benjamin W. Guppy, M.ASCE
Engr. of Structures, Boston & Maine R. R., Boston, Mass.
G. G. Thomas
Engr. of Bridges, Atlantic Coast Line R. R., Wilmington, N. C.
Charles Evan Fowler, M.ASCE
Cons. Engr., New York City.
Frederick E. Schall, M.ASCE
Bridge Engr., Lehigh Valley R. R., Bethlehem, Pa.
O. H. Ammann, M.ASCE
Cons. Engr., New York City.
J. B. Hurley
Engr., Bridges and Structures, C. C. C. & St. L. Ry., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Otis E. Hovey, M.ASCE
J. W. Spiller
Deputy Chf. Engr. for Design. Crown Agts. for the Colonies, London, England.
Henry Goldmark, M.ASCE
Cons. Engr., New York City.
R. S. Chew, M.ASCE
Cons. Engr., San Francisco, Calif.
H. M. MacKay, M.ASCE
Prof. of Civ. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada.
Alfred S. Niles Jr., J.ASCE
Aeronautical Structural Engr., Research Dept., McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.
Henry B. Seaman, M.ASCE
Cons. Engr., New York City.
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