Westgate Bridge Collapse Engineering

Westgate Bridge Collapse EngineeringThe West Gate Bridge fell down on the 15th of October in 1970, it was caused by a few half girders on the west part of the yoke that didnt fit. They attempted to fix this with an unusual method which made the situation worse. The bridge deck buckled and eventually collapsed. It killed the workers while they were on break and only a few were left alive.IntroductionThe West Gate Bridge started construction in 1968 and was the abet longest bridge in Australia. The building process was going well at first though an unusual method was being used end-to-end the project. About 2 years into construction, problems began to show. There was an imbalance between several steel girders which made them non fix into position. Some engineers proposed putting 10 cover blocks which weighed 8 tons individually, on each of the girders to put them into place which caused the bridge to buckle.BackgroundThe company Freeman pull a fast one on Partners was in charge of build and this was their twentieth bridge.Some of their previous works were The Adome Bridge, Humber Bridge, Erskine Bridge, and Forth Road Bridge. The West Gate Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia which spanned over the Yarra River north of Port Phillip and is an important striking to the inner city.investigationFor the most part, the investigation was mostly interviewing survivors and explaining what happened. The blame was mostly on the engineer who designed it and the engineers who ordered the concrete blocks.FindingsIt was found that Ward, aka Freeman Fox Partners were responsible for giving the designs.The bridge was built unevenly and they tried to put concrete blocks on the girders. Their measurements were fixed in the rebuild and there were no problems during the process. refinementIt was structural engineer fault due to the failure of measuring properly and allowing to fixing the problem with concrete bricks, which resulted in the bridge buckling. The mess was cleaned up just about immediately. The ambulance got the injured, the firefighters put out the fire and the construction crew cleaned up the wreckage and started over. The bridge was reopened to the public in 1978.NotesCamber- is a rate of elevation between two complainSnapped after removing buckleStructural design failureFreeman Fox PartnersSecond longest bridge in Australia and highest in the countryIn October 15 1970, The span between piers 10 and 11 collapsed2,000 Tonne mass plummeted into mud and created an explosionRescuers risked their livesGirders are large iron or steel beams used in complex structuresUnusual method of construction35 killed, 18 injuredKnown for jumpersSteel box girder cable-stayed bridgeBegan construction in 1965A cable-stayed bridge has one or more towers from which cables support the bridge deckSourceshttps//www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/wQLmdTVt https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Gate_Bridgehttp//webcache.googleu sercontent.com/search?q=cacheUccIiYplRh8Janengineersaspect.blogspot.com/2009/10/west-gate-bridge-collapse-on-its-39th.html+cd=2hl=enct=clnkgl=ushttps//qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-f4416355b6576128ede23ea6abd5452e-c?convert_to_webp=true semblance rating submitted on 12/21/2016, 122028 PM by emailprotected1050Title PageYour rack up 5xPresentnot doneTable of ContentsYour scotch 5xPresentnot doneAbstractYour score 10Presentnot doneIntroductionYour score 5xBackgroundYour score 5Presentnot doneInvestigationYour score 5Presentnot doneFindingsYour score 5Presentnot doneImpactYour score 5Presentnot doneConclusionYour score 5xnot doneReferencesYour score 10References includedno referencesNotesYour score 10Notes recordedno notes6 Content PagesYour scorefilled 6 pages3 content pagesno contents pages