WAUUSPublicRoadsAdvisoryBoardSuspensionBridges5887.xmlGuide to the United States Public Roads Administration Advisory Board On the Investigation of Suspension Bridges Reports 1943-1949United States Public Roads Administration Advisory Board On the Investigation of Suspension Bridges ReportsSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2015 (Last modified: 4/9/2021)
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections5887United States. Public Roads AdministrationUnited States Public Roads Administration Advisory Board on the Investigation of Suspension Bridges reports1943-1949Collection materials are in English.United States Public Roads Administration Advisory Board on the Investigation of Suspension Bridges reports

The Advisory Board on the Investigation of Suspension Bridges was organized in 1942 by Thomas H. MacDonald, the Commissioner of Public Roads. The investigation was prompted by a group of structural engineers concerned with the problems of suspension bridge design in the wake of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse in 1940.. The purpose of the Board was to coordinate research dealing with suspension bridges with particular regard to their aerodynamic stability.

The members of this Board were O.H. Ammann, Chas. E. Andrew, Raymond Archibald, Russell G. Cone, Hardy Cross, R.W. Crum, H.L. Dryden, F.B. Farquharson, F.H. Frankland, C.F. Goodrich, O.L. Grover, Shortridge Hardesty, A.A. Jakkula, Jonathan Jones, Frank M. Masters, C.B. McCullough, R.B. McMinn, Leon H. Nishkian, Emil H. Praeger, P.L. Pratley, Norman C. Raab, Chas. M. Spofford, Chas. C. Sunderland, Elmer K. Timby, Theodor von Karman, and Glenn B. Woodruff. These copies of the reports are from the collection of Philip Louis Pratley, a Canadian bridge designer who was the only non-American member of the Board.

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Accession No. 5887-001: United States Public Roads Administration Advisory Board on the Investigation of Suspension Bridges reports, 1943-19490.36 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Reports from the Advisory Board on the Investigation of Suspension Bridges

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Richard Scott. This collection originally belonged to Philip Louis Pratley and Dr. Roger Dorton, who worked for Pratley in the late 1950s., 2015-05-15

15887-001Three Span Suspension Bridges having Continuous Stiffening Girders with Special Regard to the Behavior under Wind Action194315887-001Free Vibration of Suspension Bridges with Hinged Stiffening Girders194415887-001Free Vibrations of Suspension Bridges with Continuous Stiffening Girders194415887-001Study on Coulumb Damping in Steel Bridges, Report No. 8194515887-001Notes on Analysis of Vibration Stress Effects in Suspension Bridges and Outline of Suggested Research194515887-001Effect on the Traffic Load upon the Stresses of the Laterals in Suspension Bridges with a Double Lateral System194515887-001Suggested Program of Research to Investigate the Aerodynamic Stability of Suspension Bridges194615887-001Progess Report on the Aerodynamic Stability of Suspension Bridges194615887-001Structural Damping in Suspension Bridges, Report No. 11194615887-001Dynamic Instability of Truss-Stiffened Suspension Bridges under Wind Action, Report No. 12194615887-001Verification of Flutter Theory, Report No. 25194915887-001Preliminary Field Damping Studies, Report No. 26194915887-001Observations and Comments on the Ritz Method for Determining Suspension Bridge Vibration Frequenciesundated15887-001Dynamic Instability of Truss-Stiffened Suspension Bridges under Wind Actionundated15887-001Aerodynamic Stability in Bridge Structuresundated