- William Brown (bridge designer)
William Brown (
September 16 ,1928 -March 16 ,2005 )was astructural engineer andbridge designer who specialised insuspension bridge s. He is credited with the idea of designing bridge decks with anaerofoil -shaped cross section (in effect an upside-downwing ) for stability in a wide variety of wind conditions.He was one of the principal designers at
Freeman Fox & Partners (nowHyder Consulting ) from 1956 to 1985.In 1987 he set up the
Brown Beech & Associates .List of Bridges
*1957. Adome Bridge on the Volta River,
Ghana , length 334m/1095ft, arch span 245m/803ft (Consulting Engineer: Freeman Fox & Partners)
*1959-1971.Auckland Harbour Bridge ,New Zealand , length 1020m/3346ft, main span 243m/797ft (designed by Sir Gilbert Roberts and William Brown)
*1964.Forth Road Bridge ,Scotland , length 1824m, main span 1006m/3300ft (designed by Mot, Hay, Anderson, Sir Gilbert Roberts and William Brown at the Freeman Fox & Partners)
*1966.Wye Bridge , linkSouth Wales -England , length 1153m/3184ft, main span 235m/1000ft (Consulting Engineer: Freeman Fox)
*1966.Severn Bridge ,England , length 1839m/6033ft, main span 988m/3240ft (designed by Mot, Hay, Anderson, Sir Gilbert Roberts and William Brown at the Freeman Fox & Partners)
*1971.Erskine Bridge ,Scotland , length 524m/1719, main span 305m/1000ft (designed by William Brown)
*1973.Bosporus_Bridge ,Turkey , length 1560m/5118ft, main span 1074m/3523ft (William Brown was the partner responsible for design at Freeman Fox)
*1981.Humber Bridge ,England , length 2220m/7283ft,main span 1410m/4264ft (designed at the Freeman Fox & Partners)
*1988. Bosporus II Bridge,Turkey , length 1090m/3576ft, main span 1090m/3576ft (William Brown was the bridge disigner and enginer for construction)
*1993. Vidyasagar Setu (Hooghly II Bridge),India , length 823m/2700ft, main span 457.5m/1500ft (Consulting Engineer: Freeman Fox & Partners)
*1998.Storebaelt Bridge ,Denmark , length 6800m/4.2 miles ,main span 1624m/5328ft (Major development in cable spinning using William Brown's controlled tension method)
*2001.Triangle Link ,Norway , length max 1077m/3533ft ,main span 677m/2221ft (Brown Beech carried out erection engineering for the superstructure wich included further development in cable spinning)bridges proposed or not yet build
*1993. "(yet to be built)"
Strait of Messina Bridge ,Italy , length 3666m/12028ft ,main span 3300m/10827ft (William Brown and "Brown Beech & Associates" were engaged byStretto di Messina SPA to lead the innovative bridge design)
*1995. "proposed"Dardanelles Bridge ,Turkey , length 2150m/7053ft ,main span 1450m/4757ft (based on the designs, specifications and calculations of William Brown andW.W.Frishmann )
*1997. "proposed"Java-Bali Bridge ,Indonesia , length ,main span 2100m/6889ft (designed by William Brown at Brown Beech)
*1997. "proposed"Izmit Bay Bridge ,Turkey , length 3.3km/2 miles, main span 1688m/5538ft (designed by William Brown at Brown Beech)
*2003. "(yet to be build)"Tsing Lung Bridge , length, main span 1418m/4652ft (Consulting Engineers: Brown Beech Associates)External links
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* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1563718,00.html Times Obituary]
* [http://en.structurae.de/firms/data/index.cfm?ID=f000006 Freeman Fox & Partners] information at Structurae
* [http://en.structurae.de/firms/data/index.cfm?ID=f002157 Brown Beech Associates] information at Structurae
* [http://www.b2.co.uk/ Brown Beech Associates]
* [http://www.eswp.com/bridge/awards.htm List of the "Bridge Awards"] by the International Bridge Conference
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