How aluminium is competing with steel on long suspension bridge
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Both steel and aluminium are fine materials for bridges. But with suspension bridges, which include girders as structural components, the two materials are apparently not equally fine. No suspension bridges with aluminium girders have ever been built. I will argue that the time is right for change.
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Why we are going to see more aluminium in bridges
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World's first suspension bridge in aluminium - Langenuen
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Mumbai Trans Harbor Link: Chinese, Korean majors vie to build India's longest road bridge - The Economic Times
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Application of Structural Steel in Bridges
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Lockmeadow Footbridge
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FM-09 ABC Suspension Bridge Cable aluminum alloy Clamp Kit for Aerial – CatvScope
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Hydro Studies Feasibility Of Replacing Steel With Aluminium In Suspension Bridges – Aluminium Insider
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Closing the gap towards super-long suspension bridges using computational morphogenesis
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Bridge Kits - MAADI Group
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Aluminium bridges construction
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Affordable Wholesale truss bridge Made of Lightweight Aluminum