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1. What are the key elements of suspension bridges?
2. Where are the cables of suspension bridge made?
3. What construction methods are suitable for building suspension bridges?
4. What is the endless hauling rope?
5. What are the catwalks?
6. What does a spinning cycle consist of?
7. What devices provide free sliding of the main cables under live loads?
8. How does the wire connect the anchorage?
9. What devices squeeze the strands together to form the main cable?
10. How do the ironworkers connect the bridge deck to the main cable?
11. What construction method is suitable for mounting the deck segments of suspension bridges?
12. What method of cable fabrication was employed to construct the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge? Will you describe it?
13. Why is the cable-stayed structure so widely used in modern bridge engineering all over the world?
14. What construction method is a popular choice for building the cable-stayed bridge?
15. What modern facilities are suitable for construction cable-stayed superstructures?
Describe superstructure construction methods. Remember the following word combinations
| 1. Aerial Spinning Method | метод прядения кабеля из отдельных проволок | |
| 2. Cable clamp | П-образный болт с двумя гайками (для зажима троса) | |
| 3. Cable band | муфта крепления подвески | |
| 4. Cableway | канатная дорога для бесконечного кабеля | |
| 5. Catwalk | рабочие подмости | |
| 6. Сlip, strap | хомут | |
| 7. Come-along winch | тиски для натяжки тросов | |
| 8. Endless hauling rope, pilot hauler rope, hauling rope | бесконечный кабель для перемещения прядильных колёс, тяговый канат | |
| 9 Gauge of wire | толщина проволоки | |
| 10. Guide wires | вспомогательные канаты для рабочих подмостей | |
| 11. Pile bent | свайная рамная опора, свайный ряд | |
| 12. Prefabricated Parallel Wire Strand Method | монтаж из готовых прядей с параллельными проволоками | |
| 13. Saddle | седло пилона висячего моста | |
| 14. Shackle-type fitting | крепление с серьгой | |
| 15. Spinning wheel | прядильное колесо | |
| 16. Spool | бухта проволоки | |
| 17. Strand shoe | концевая кабельная муфта | |
| 18. Suspended catwalk Suspended walkways | висячие мостки | |
| 19. Suspender cable Vertical cable | подвеска в висячих мостах | |
| 20. Travelling shutter arrangement | передвижная опалубка | |
| 21. Wire handler | монтажник металлических кабелей | |
Unit 16
BRIDGE MAINTENANCE
