...Stonecutters Bridge. Some 7,000 tonnes of parallel wire strand in 224 cables will support that bridge s main span and both sets of four backspans, each stretching for 289 m. Locked coil cables were ...

In the early days of personal computing a parallel printer cable could refer to any of a wide range of cables that connected a computer and a printer. Over time, standards were established or adopted, ...

Cable-stayed bridges may look similar to suspensions bridges—both have roadways that hang from cables and both have towers. But the two bridges support the load of the roadway in very different ways.

To straddle Rambler Channel with a 1,018-meter main span, Hong Kong’s $350-million Stonecutters Bridge will be wide open to typhoons. With its stays exerting high wind forces, the designers had to ...