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HERBERT B. ROTHMAN
HERBERT B. ROTHMAN
Pages 250-255
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From Brumer he learned to apply a methodical approach to problems, which served him well whenever he was challenged to find solutions to difficult bridge problems, and from Anderson he learned how to analyze structures of all types. Early on, he also learned to articulate complex concepts in simple ways and to look for solutions out of the ordinary.
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He was also the designer for Philadelphia's Walt Whitman Bridge, the Oakland Coliseum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology's thin concrete shell Kresge Auditorium, the Society Hill Tunnel in Philadelphia, the General Manuel Belgrano cable-stayed concrete bridge in Argentina, and a large radio telescope. In addition, he developed a matrix algebra system that was a precursor for modern stress analysis systems.
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As a result, steel elements would crack and had to be constantly repaired. Herb devised a solution creating two torsionally stiff tubes, one on each side of the bridge, by adding lateral elements to the two-level deck and stiffening the girders of the existing bridge.
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Roebling Medal from the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania and the Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 1993 the Institute for Bridge Integrity and Safety named him Bridge Engineer of the Year.
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