Engineering Systems for Improved
Transportation and Utilization of Forest Products
Research in Timber Bridge
Systems
Developing Portable Timber
Bridge Systems
The goal of this research
effort is to develop technology that will allow the use of timber bridge
components and systems to be used in portable or temporary bridge applications.
Portable bridges are needed for temporary stream crossing operations in
forestry and natural resources industries, and highway and utility construction
operations. Portable bridges can also be used in disaster relief
where floods and other disasters may have destroyed permanent bridges.
The following fact sheets
(in PDF form) show examples of portable bridge systems designed and tested
in our research:
The following reports and papers (in PDF form) discuss
recent research results for portable bridge systems:
Research for Highway Timber
Bridge Systems
The goal of research in this
area is to develop and evaluate technology that can be used to improve
highway transportation structures. This includes applied research
that evaluates new bridge systems. The work also includes basic research
focused on modeling the reliability and performance of engineered wood
structures and structural components. This basic research on properties
and performance of structural wood products will eventually help us utilize
our forest resources more efficiently. Listed here are examples of
recent research efforts:
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Copyright © 2000 Steven E.
Taylor
Last modified: September 18, 2000
