Stokes and Engineering
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Railway safety in the nineteenth century relied heavily on the use of Commissions to analyse the causes of individual accidents and to decide on methods to avoid repetitions. Stokes played an important role in these. Following the collapse of the Dee bridge in 1847 he carried out the first mathematical study of the deflection and liability to break of a rail due to a moving railway engine. Following the Tay bridge disaster of 1879 he provided expert advice on the possible effects of the wind on railway bridges, and as an important member of the Commission on wind speeds he played a major role in the creation of a series of guidelines that have helped to keep railway bridges safer ever since.
2003 ◽
Vol 36
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pp. 87-127
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2007 ◽
Vol 48
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pp. 221-243
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2011 ◽
Vol 21
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pp. 177-198
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