-
least eight eyebars per link. The
eyebars in the
Silver Bridge offered little to no redundancy, as each
chain link
consisted of just two
eyebars in parallel...
- construction, an
eyebar is a
straight bar,
usually of metal, with a hole ("eye") at each end for
fixing to
other components.
Eyebars are used in structures...
- (structural)
Struts or
Compression members-
compressive loads Ties, Tie rods,
eyebars, guy-wires,
suspension cables, or wire
ropes -
tension loads Surface elements:...
-
closure for a
portion of the replacement, a
major crack was
found in an
eyebar,
significant enough to
warrant bridge closure.
Working in
parallel with...
- sets of nine
eyebars, each of
which is
about 12.5 feet (3.8 m) long and up to 9 by 3
inches (229 by 76 mm) thick. The
chains of
eyebars curve downward...
- bearings. ABC
brought to the
project its own
experimental heat-treated
eyebars, and as
project contractor pioneered stiffening techniques that
saved materials...
- used for the
eyebars but
failed to
specify any
testing of the product. He
found that the
second failure occurred in a
joint within the
eyebars – each of...
- failure,
whereas a
single bad link or
eyebar can
cause failure of an
entire bridge. (The
failure of a
single eyebar was
found to be the
cause of the collapse...
- to 3 feet (0.91 m) in the centre.
Composed of
numerous parallel rows of
eyebars connected by bolts, the
chains are anc****d in
tunnels in the
rocks 60...
-
chain bridge is a
historic form of
suspension bridge for
which chains or
eyebars were used
instead of wire
ropes to
carry the
bridge deck. A
famous example...
