Long steel truss, mostly of pipe, was assembled at remote river in Bolivia for use in moving 60ton precase post-tensioned girders 126 ft long across fast flowing Yapacani River; launcher unit cantilevered over full span when moving ahead, then was supported on pier while moving four lines of girders to position; launcher traveled on wheels salvaged from B-29 airplanes; similar wheels, mounted in pipe frame, were used to move girders to bridge and out over structure as erection advanced.


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    Titel :

    Launcher erects post-tensioned girders


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Civ Eng (NY)


    Beteiligte:
    Stergiou, P. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1967


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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