Timber Bridges
Design, Construction, Inspection and Maintenance
Ritter, Michael A.
1990. Washington, DC: 944 p.
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Acknowledgements
The author acknowledges the following individuals, Agencies, and
Associations for the substantial contributions they made to this
publication:
For contributions to Chapter 1, Fong Ou, Ph.D., Civil Engineer, USDA
Forest Service, Engineering Staff, Washington Office.
For contributions to Chapter 3, Jerry Winandy, Research Forest Products
Technologist, US Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.
For contributions to Chapter 8, Terry Wipf, P.E., Ph.D., Associate
Professor of Structural Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
For administrative overview and support, Clyde Weller, Civil Engineer,
US Forest Service, Engineering Staff, Washington Office.
For
consultation and assistance during preparation and review, USDA Forest
Service Bridge Engineers, Steve Bunnell, Frank Muchmore, Sakee
Poulakidas, Ron Schmidt, Merv Eriksson, and David Summy; Russ
Moody and Alan Freas (retired) of the US Forest Service, Forest
Products Laboratory; Dave Pollock of the National Forest Products
Association; and Lorraine Krahn and James Wacker, former students at
the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
In addition, special thanks to
Mary Jane Baggett and Jim Anderson for editorial consultation, JoAnn
Benisch for graphics preparation and layout, and Stephen Schmieding and
James Vargo for photographic support. |