High-tech suspension bridge for Istanbul
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 09:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Siemens is ensuring the safe and smooth operation of what will be the world's fourth-longest suspension bridge - a structure that will have a main span length of 1,550 meters and rise 60 meters above the Gulf of Izmit, south of Istanbul, Turkey. The bridge, which is scheduled to go into operation at the end of 2015, will be one of the safest in the world. Among other things, its stability and mechanical stress loads will be measured and analyzed by more than 400 sensors that will also enable it to be closed immediately in dangerous situations.