Posted by vikasover 7 years ago
Lateral Bracings
What is purposes of providing Lateral Bracings in plate girder bridges
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Posted by Nitin Adamover 7 years ago
A bracing system is a secondary but essential part of a bridge structure. A bracing system serves to stabilize the main girders during construction, to contribute to the distribution of load effects and to provide restraint to compression flanges or chords where they would otherwise be free to buckle laterally.