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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Basic Research 1. What is a truss and how are trusses used in bridge design? Include the importance of triangular shapes in truss design. A truss is a formation produced by triangular components. The triangular units forming the truss are slim and straight in form. The truss bridges consist of a grouping of triangles. Trusses are used in bridge design to form a series of strong supports using triangles‚ and have the forces of tension and compression acting on them. The importance of triangular
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Bridge Design Process In order to begin we must start our design process with the first step. We have to identify the need. The scenario is that we need to connect two pieces of land or structure so that a car must be able to pass through it. In this project we are to design and construct a bridge for a matchbox car. The bridge must be made of balsa wood and glue only. It must support its own weight‚ the load of the matchbox car‚ and additional weights that will be added. Next we must
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Abstract The Golden Gate Bridge is a well-recognized landmark in the United States. This report provides you numerous information about one of the most astonishing suspension bridges in the world‚ it as well enlighten you with the history‚ design and the way that they have managed how to maintain the safety while construction was going on. The idea of a bridge linking the city with its neighbouring counties was appealing‚ but the mile-wide gap between San Francisco and Marin presented huge challenges
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Truss Bridge Physics 141 Robin Hoffmeister There is many reason that we need bridges in every day of our life‚ from sufficient means to pass over a roadway‚ waterway‚ railway‚ or other structure. You don’t even think about them because it takes no effort to get over them and they are just there for your use. So if you don’t think of them for everyday use I highly doubt that you would think of the physics that is involved in putting one together or the kind of force the bridge can actually
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Movie Review: Bridge On The River Kwai 1 Movie Review: Bridge On The River Kwai Were there parts of the movie that were confusing or hard to understand? o For example: a characters intention‚ sequence of events‚ etc? A part in the movie which was confusing was when Nicholson decided to assist the Japanese in building the bridge. He becomes so obsessed in building the bridge (which he regarded as a symbol of British efficiency and resourcefulness‚ which will be remembered for times
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Pratt Truss Bridge The purpose of this experiment is to study several bridges and build a bridge similar to the one that gave the students the uppermost muse. The students had to research facts about Truss Bridges‚ including its beginnings during the late 1700’s. Early Truss Bridge builders were first to spread its name throughout the United States‚ but the name of Truss Bridges soon cultivated across the world. There were numerous reasons as to why the design of Truss Bridges grew so broad. Firstly
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What is Trail Bridge? For any country to develop and prosper infrastructure is needed. And transport infrastructure is globally recognized as the must for development. Due to the physiological difficulties road transport is only the feasible and viable means of transportation in Nepal. Unfortunately‚ given the topography of Nepal‚ construction of road transport network in every part of the country is neither technically feasible nor economical. The only reliable means of transport for the hill and
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