TheBridgeEng · Learning from Failure
South Korea · Fire · 1 deaths · cable-stayed bridge, 470 m main span, HDPE-sheathed PC strand stays
The stays were steel strand bundles inside HDPE sheaths with wax filler, a combustible package running up to the pylon…
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