Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- Electric welding of steel bridges. Experience of the Department of Main Roads, N.S.W.
- In
- Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
- Imprint
- vol. 9, no. 5, May 1937, pp. 173-180
- Description
This paper, No. 598, which originated in the Sydney Division of The Institution, was presented before the Structural Engineering Branch of The Division on 20/4/1937. Mr. George Henry Linton BCE AMIEAust is the officer-in-charge of the Steel Bridge Design Section of the Design Branch, and Mr. Karmalsky BCE AMIEAust an officer in the same section of the Depanment of Main Roads, New South Wales.
- Abstract
This paper describes bridge works carried out by the Department of Main Roads with electric arc welding and gives a comparison of weights of steelwork in welded, riveted and shop welded-field riveted structures. Design, fabrication and erection in the field are discussed.
