Bridges started in ancient Rome‚ and from that point on‚ the understanding of them spread slowly. Both architectures and engineers helped bridges to become a more advanced structure all over the world throughout the years. In the beginning it was known that to build a bridge was very simple‚ all you really needed was natural resources around you‚ such as tree logs and stone. The purpose of bridges is to provide an easier passage way over any interference that your vehicle can not go through such
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Balls Bridge and Truss Bridges: A Brief Historical Overview Nathan Holth Foreword: I composed this brief and informal overview of truss bridges and Balls Bridge to put this beautiful historic bridge ’s history and significance into context. A version of this document with full-color photos is available on my website ’s Balls Bridge Page located at www.historicbridges.org/ontario/balls/index.htm which also has more information and photos. The general truss bridge information in this document was
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Truss Bridge is a one bridge style from a variety other bridges types. The truss bridge is made with a simple skeletal structure. This type of bridges is conceded as a one of the strongest simple design and cost less. Truss bridges were founded early in the history‚ and they were built from wood and iron at the first time‚ which was different than any other bridge that was made of stone. However‚ nowadays‚ truss bridges are made of steel. Truss bridges have many types include‚ the Pratt‚ the Warren
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HSC ENGINEERING STUDIES CONSTRUCTION TASK TRUSS BRIDGE [pic] BY RICHY R. THURUTHIYIL CONTENTS Common types of Trusses 1- Warren Truss [pic] A warren truss consists of alternatively inverted equilateral triangles which are rigid. It is made up of horizontal members and equal
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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 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 shapes in truss design
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Objective The objective of the project is to build a truss that would be able to take a specific amount of downward force remarkably with respect to the weight of the truss itself‚ i.e. to construct a truss that would hold a relatively high efficiency score. And construct the bridge in such a way to as to keep the deflection of the structure at minimal. Introduction First of all‚ what is a truss? In an engineering view‚ a truss is a structure that is made up of series of triangular unit made
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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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Advantages 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
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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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