Silva, Jaquelígia Brito daNegreiros Neto, Manoel Fernandes de2014-12-172014-06-272014-12-172013-11-28NEGREIROS NETO, Manoel Fernandes de. The construction of the iron bridge over the Potengi River: historical, constructives and durability aspects - in Natal, Brazil(1912-1916). Case study. 2013. 84 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em MECÂNICA DAS ESTRUTURAS, ESTRUTURAS DE CONCRETO E ALVENARIA E MATERIAIS E PROCESSOS CONSTRUTIVOS) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2013.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/14851It is a case study that reports the construction of metal truss bridge in the river Potengi in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, between the years 1912 and 1916. From testimonials on steel bridges in Brazil and worldwide including foundations. Documentary research from procurement of projects and contracts was performed. A chronology of construction, with a description of the equipment used and its original budget with the Brazilian government. Still, we used interviews and surveys with experimental sampling / testimonies, laboratory tests. This study aims to analyze historically and technically the Bridge over the River Potengi, emphasizing primarily the construction process, the qualities and characteristics of the materials used and the technological, chemical, mineralogical and microstructural properties of cement and concrete used in its construction. Taking as conclusions that cements pozolônicos ensured a good durability to the concrete in a hundred-year period and that the solution employed with the compressed air caissons was rightapplication/pdfAcesso AbertoPonte metálica. Aspectos históricos. Processos construtivos. Propriedades tecnológicasIron bridge. Historical aspects. Constructive processes. Technological proprietiesmasterThesisCNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA CIVIL