Fatigue and Fracture in Steel Bridges : Case Studies

xxx, 316pp. In cloth-covered boards (dust marked upper text block edge). An ex library copy with usual markings on front endpapers, title page and copyright page only, else clean, neat, tight and bright. In its original dust jacket (a little bumped on edges, rubbed on corners). Dust jacket protected in a tatty film wrapper (call label affixed to wrapper). Presents, through more than 25 case studies, extensive evidence of the cracking that has developed in steel bridges since the late 1960s, with numerous illustrative photographs. Reviews the causes of fatigue cracking related to design and fabrication and service loading. 8vo.