TheBridgeEng · Learning from Failure
United Kingdom · Fatigue & fracture · 1826 chain suspension bridge with 1938-41 spiral-strand hangers
Testing of the 1938-41 spiral-strand hangers showed their sockets could fail by brittle fracture, at loads lowered further by corrosion…
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