Bridge Failure Database
Westgate bridge, Melbourne (Yarra River)
| Year | 1970 |
|---|---|
| Type | Road |
| Country | Australia (6) |
| Cause | Design error |
| Details | Plate buckling, not well thought out construction sequence |
| Fatalities | 34 |
| Injuries | 18 |
| Collapse | complete |
| Phase | construction |
| Period | 1941-1990 |
| Continent | Australia |
| References | SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000. BAILEY et al., Niveau de sécurité requis pour l'evaluation des ponts-routes existants, Report Nr. 566, Union suisse des professionnels de la route (VSS), Zurich, 2002. http://www.basedn.freeserve.co.uk/bridge.htm http://www.brueckenweb.de/Themen/katastrophen/katastrophen.php SMITH, D.W., Bridge failures, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Part 1, Vol. 60, 1976, pp. 367-382. |
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