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https://doi.org/10.3141/1624-05

http://scholar.google.com...+Yee&publication_year=1998

In recent years there has been a revival in the debate between architects and engineers about the aesthetics of bridges and who should be responsible for designing them. This subject is examined, and it is suggested that an understanding of the basic concepts, common sense, and cooperation among professionals are all necessary for pleasing designs. Good harmonious proportions in three-dimensional space are essential for achieving aesthetic beauty. This is particularly true in the design of long-span bridges. It is not sufficient for bridges to be just functional and mathematically correct, nor is it acceptable for the advantages of modern construction to be exploited for economic benefit without due consideration of aesthetics and the environment. Since earliest times, structures and buildings that have become universally accepted as good examples of aesthetic beauty have good proportions as the foundation of their design. Countless proportional theories have been proposed in the search of aesthetic beauty, each finding favor from time to time. However, only the Golden Proportion is based on the dimensions and ratios of the human form. By illustrating how proportion has been incorporated into the composition of some recent bridges, it is found that the appropriate use of proportion accompanied by creative thought and judgment can result in aesthetic structures.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1624, Structural Analysis and Design: Bridges, Culverts, and Pipes.

English

p. 36-46

1998

Transportation Research Record

0309064694

Figures (18) ; References (8)

Aesthetics; Bridge design; Bridges; Long span bridges; Proportioning; Structural design

Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls

TRIS, TRB

Nov 2 1998 12:00AM

• ACCOUNTING FOR EFFECTS OF CORROSION SECTION LOSS IN STEEL BRIDGES
• BEHAVIOR OF HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE PIPE WITH SHALLOW COVER
• BEHAVIOR OF TENSION SPLICES FOR REINFORCING BARS EMBEDDED IN HIGH-STRENGTH CONCRETE
• BOUNDARY EFFECTS ON RESPONSE OF POLYETHYLENE PIPE UNDER SIMULATED LIVE LOAD
• ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF BRIDGE REHABILITATION OPTIONS CONSIDERING LIFE-CYCLE COSTS
• EFFECT OF CORROSION ON CRACK DEVELOPMENT AND FATIGUE LIFE
• FATIGUE IMPACTS ON BRIDGE COST ALLOCATION
• FULL-SCALE TESTS OF A RAILWAY BRIDGE
• IMPACT OF 44 000-KG (97,000-LB) SIX-AXLE SEMITRAILER TRUCKS ON BRIDGES ON RURAL AND URBAN U.S. INTERSTATE SYSTEM
• IN-SERVICE PERFORMANCE OF INTEGRAL BRIDGES AND JOINTLESS DECKS
• INFLUENCE OF BRIDGE APPROACH, SURFACE CONDITION, AND VELOCITY ON IMPACT FACTORS FOR FATIGUE-PRONE DETAILS
• JAPANESE "MANUAL FOR THE AESTHETIC DESIGN OF BRIDGES"
• LABORATORY DETERMINATION OF SOIL STIFFNESS DATA FOR BURIED PLASTIC PIPES
• LABORATORY FACILITY FOR TESTING ROAD IRONWORK INSTALLATIONS
• LABORATORY TESTING OF LOW-VOLUME ROAD BRIDGE ALTERNATIVE
• LONG-SPAN REINFORCED STEEL BOX CULVERTS
• LONGITUDINAL RESTRAINT RESPONSE OF EXISTING BRIDGE BEARINGS
• NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FOR THERMOPLASTIC PIPES
• OPTIMIZATION OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETE BRIDGES
• PROFILES OF DESIGN DIMENSIONS AND FUNDAMENTAL NATURAL FREQUENCIES FOR STEEL INTERSTATE HIGHWAY BRIDGES IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
• PROTOTYPE TESTING OF INTELLIGENT STIFFENER FOR BRIDGES AT I-35 WALNUT CREEK BRIDGE
• SEISMIC RETROFIT OF 1958 CARQUINEZ BRIDGE
• SEISMIC RETROFIT OF SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE WEST CROSSING
• SEISMIC RETROFIT OF VINCENT THOMAS SUSPENSION BRIDGE
• SEISMIC STRENGTHENING OF COLUMN-PIER-CAP CONNECTIONS
• STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF BURIED PROFILE-WALL HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE PIPE AND INFLUENCE OF PIPE WALL GEOMETRY
• TESTING OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETE SINGLE-SPAN BOX GIRDER