Timber Bridges for Rural Areas Series III : Span-10 Metres

One of the main objectives of the Timber Engineering Branch, Forest Research Institute, as laid down by Governmpnt of India in 1953 when the Branch was set up, is to prepare standard designs of timber bridges for field use by engineers, architects, builders, foresters and public at large. With this consideration in view it was decided to bring out a series of such standard designs to be published in various popular technical journals and the Indian Forester Accordingly, Series I and Series II have already been published and the present Series III is a further link in the chain. Experience shows that usually technical papers contain compacated design calculations involving higher mathematics and thus making practical construction rather intriguing. In order, therefore, to produce the text in a practical form, detailed calculations, etc., have been ellminated in these series so that useful construction hints and self-explanatory drawing plates are only presented. This enables even a subordinate engineer, to get the structure fabricated and erected with the help of available local artisans on the basis of these stock designs. These designs are also helpful to Government organisations and private enterprises having a skeleton of engineering staff and who are independcent of the P.W.D. or similar constructional agencies. Forest Officers who are their own engineers can also make the best use of these stock designs for practical implementation.