This paper describes David Billington's efforts to improve American bridge design by bringing his insight concerning structural art to a range of bridge building agencies and their coordinating institutions, beginning with the Departments of Transportation of ...

This article examines three important aspects of bridge design that can provide guidance to engineers who wish to design bridges that embody efficiency, economy, and elegance, the three ideals of structural engineering defined by David P. Billington. These asp...

David Billington (1927 – 2018) was an educator who strove to increase the appreciation of structural art through his research, writings, lectures and ideas. This paper examines Billington's influence on structural engineering and practicing structural engineer...

To ensure unloading of the whole amount of stored product by gravity, the steel silos are often placed on supporting frame structure. The values of stresses in the joints between the thin shell and supporting frame elements are extremely high. It can cause loc...