{"id":524,"date":"2026-05-24T19:37:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T19:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/?p=524"},"modified":"2026-05-25T09:07:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T09:07:01","slug":"cowi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/en\/belvedere-dello-stretto\/cowi\/","title":{"rendered":"COWI's project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading ext-animate--on\" style=\"margin-top:0\">The cross-beam as shown in COWI's 2011 Detailed Design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">The cross-members connecting the two legs of each tower are located approximately at elevations of +125 m, +250 m, and +375 m. Each cross-member is 8 m wide and has a height varying between 11.5 m at the bridge centerline and approximately 22 m, 20 m, and 18 m at the leg face for cross-members 1, 2, and 3, respectively. The cross-members include the longitudinal and transverse stiffening steel plates for the webs and flanges. Typical cross-member cross-sections are shown in Figure 1.4. Each cross-member will be fabricated entirely in the shop and launched as a single piece on site. (Table <a href=\"https:\/\/va.mite.gov.it\/File\/Documento\/37636\">PS0013<\/a> of the PD2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Other design references: cross-beam report in English <a href=\"https:\/\/va.mite.gov.it\/File\/Documento\/37641\" target=\"_self\">PS0016<\/a>, drawings of cross-beams 1, 2 and 3 respectively <a href=\"https:\/\/va.mite.gov.it\/File\/Documento\/37652\" target=\"_self\">PS0027<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/va.mite.gov.it\/File\/Documento\/37653\" target=\"_self\">PS0028<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/va.mite.gov.it\/File\/Documento\/37655\" target=\"_self\">PS0029 <\/a>and cross-beam details <a href=\"https:\/\/va.mite.gov.it\/File\/Documento\/37655\" target=\"_self\">PS0030<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull ext-animate--on is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-e2b55219 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch ext-animate--on is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-308c2197 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ext-animate--on\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/transverso-COWI-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-553\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7647058823529411;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/transverso-COWI-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/transverso-COWI-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/transverso-COWI-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/transverso-COWI-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/transverso-COWI.png 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center ext-animate--on is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns ext-animate--on is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-e61753bd wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch ext-animate--on is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-ext-preset--group--natural-1--item-card-1--align-start ext-animate--on has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-ext-preset--group--natural-1--item-card-1--align-start--1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default ext-animate--on has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ext-animate--on has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-1\">8<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ext-animate--on\">Counterwinds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">A transverse bracing system, as shown in the drawing, is used to reduce the span lengths of the transverse stiffener and limit the stiffener's strength requirements. The bracing system consists of the following circular hollow sections: CHS 219.1\u00d712.5, CHS 323.9\u00d712.5, and CHS 406\u00d716.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch ext-animate--on is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-ext-preset--group--natural-1--item-card-1--align-start ext-animate--on has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-ext-preset--group--natural-1--item-card-1--align-start--2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default ext-animate--on has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ext-animate--on has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-2\">42<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ext-animate--on\">Stiffeners<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Stiffeners<\/em> As can be seen in the drawing, there are 30 transverse (type A and type B) and 12 longitudinal (type 1, 2 and 3).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns ext-animate--on is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-e61753bd wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch ext-animate--on is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-ext-preset--group--natural-1--item-card-1--align-start ext-animate--on has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-ext-preset--group--natural-1--item-card-1--align-start--3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default ext-animate--on has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ext-animate--on has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-3\">1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ext-animate--on\">Plate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">6.20 m wide along the entire length at the centre of the crosspiece.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch ext-animate--on is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-ext-preset--group--natural-1--item-card-1--align-start ext-animate--on has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-ext-preset--group--natural-1--item-card-1--align-start--4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default ext-animate--on has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ext-animate--on has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-4\">12<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ext-animate--on\">Gusset plates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gusset plates<\/em> 10 to attach the 8 braces and 2 at the opposite ends of the braces on the sides of the crosspiece to attach the plate to the final part.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Il trasverso come \u00e8 nel Progetto Definitivo del 2011 di COWI I trasversi che collegano le due gambe di ciascuna torre sono localizzati approssimativamente alle quote +125 m, +250 m e +375 m. Ciascun trasverso \u00e8 largo 8 m e ha un\u2019altezza variabile tra 11,5 m in corrispondenza della mezzeria del ponte e circa 22 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":124,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"no-title-sticky-header","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-524","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":567,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524\/revisions\/567"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineerpalamara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}