Truss bridges are recognizable because of their numerous‚ relatively small interconnected triangles. This framework of triangles is used for is strength to withstand tension and compression forces. They are considered a light-weight yet a very stiff form of construction. At first they were built of wood‚ then with the discovery of welding they began to build then using iron‚ then steel. Occasionally‚ a combination of the materials may be used. There are actually 30 different kinds of truss bridges
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge A lot of things can go wrong when building or designing a major building‚ plane‚ bridge‚ or even a road. Engineers face the challenges to overcome these flaws or problems everyday when they are trying to design structures. The primary causes of engineering disasters are usually: Human factors‚ design flaws‚ material failures‚ extreme conditions or environments‚ and combinations of these reasons put together. There are many things an engineer has to look for when designing
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with two bridges‚namely‚ Bogazici and Fatih sultan mehmet bridges. Morever‚ Turkish government anounced that they are planning to build the third bridge in Northern Istanbul.Whereas some people are in favour of a new bridge‚others are totaly against it for some reasons.Fom my point of view‚the third bridge should not be erected in Istanbul. Some people may claim that the third bridge will ease traffic jam. There will be aproximately 75 new route. Drivers will use this bridge instead
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lthough the idea of a bridge spanning the Golden Gate was not new‚ the proposal that eventually took hold was made in a 1916 San Francisco Bulletin article by former engineering student James Wilkins.[15] San Francisco’s City Engineer estimated the cost at $100 million‚ impractical for the time‚ and fielded the question to bridge engineers of whether it could be built for less.[9] One who responded‚ Joseph Strauss‚ was an ambitious but dreamy engineer and poet who had‚ for his graduate thesis‚ designed
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Bridge On The River Kwai. The film deals with the situation of British and American prisoners of war‚ who were captured by the Japanese during World War II and were forced to build a bridge over the river Kwai‚ in order to accommodate Japanese Burma-Siam railway. At first the prisoners were planning to sabotage the construction of the bridge‚ and to not finish the construction at the scheduled date. Because of that decision‚ the Japanese were forcing British officers to be working along the ordinary
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(Saito) was a leader who believed in commanding and making people work indifferently. His rules did not differentiate between the working style and respect given to an officer from a soldier. He was assigned to build a bridge within a deadline and his focus was to complete the bridge with the prisoners of war (British soldiers) who were led by a few officers and a colonel (Nicholson). I am in awe of the never say die leadership style of the British Colonel Nicholson. He was a leader who wanted the
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Being a Bridge Student is something that I have aspired to since I joined the Upward Bound program two years ago. These were the kids that everyone else looked up to for guidance and mentoring. I believe that I would make an admirable Bridge Student because of my long history of mentoring and fidelity to anything I do that makes me who I am as a person. I also am very loyal to the program and have attended every possible campus day since I joined the program in tenth grade‚ along with every summer
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dictionary‚ a bridge is a structure carrying a road‚ path‚ railroad‚ or canal across a river‚ ravine‚ road‚ railroad‚ or other obstacle. Bridges are essential for transportation. Whether it’s a canyon‚ or a body of water‚ bridges allow travel over those gaps from one part of land to the other. The world would be forever changed without bridges. The five main types of bridges are arch bridges‚ truss bridges‚ beam bridges‚ suspension‚ and cable-stayed bridges. Arch bridges are bridges that use arch
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Bridge Project Questions 1- History of Bridges In the beginning bridges were very simple structures that were built from easily accessible natural resources- wooden logs‚ stone and dirt. Because of that‚ they had ability only to span very close distances‚ and their structural integrity was not high because mortar was not yet invented and rain slowly but constantly dissolved dirt fillings of the bridge. Revolution in the bridge construction came in Ancient Rome whose engineers found that
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Truss bridges have many advantages that make it more useful for everyday use. The truss bridge is very economical to build and uses very few resources. It uses light materials and small loads of timber or whatever it is being made of. It is also one of the stronger bridges that can be built. The trusses on top of the bridge make it very strong because the triangle shape takes away much of the pressure and spreads the pressure to the triangles and takes it away from the road part of the bridge. The
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