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    main Structural Subsystems were as such: Exterior columns taking vertical loads, Interior core Columns which carried vertical loads through the core and protected lift shafts, Composite Truss system which allowed for larger areas of floor space to be created between the exterior columns and the core, and the Hat Truss on top of both WTC1 and WTC2 designed to redistribute the load applied on top of the respective roofs’ through the columns more equally (McAllister, Sadek, Gross, Averill, & Gann, 2013)

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    Science Questions Identify and discuss the design elements that you incorporated into your bridge. Design Elements: While building this bridge, the first design element, was the deck design. We took around one horizontal length of vertical popsicle sticks and lined them side by side, and repeated. Later we connected them together with a horizontal popsicle stick. I then took two lines and placed them ontop of eachother to create a flat surface. This way it will carry a lot of weight, and it will

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    LAB REPORT Pin Jointed Frame 1312800 1st year school of engineering University of Warwick Date Submitted: 8/01/2014 Summary In this experiment the main aim was to modelling a frame subjected to multiple loading conditions and record how the force and strain vary to different loads. The frame represented a simple roof trusses and the loading conditions are similar to what a typical roof would undergo. In this experiment a universal fame was used with load cells

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    BRIDGES AND THEIR TYPES Highway Bridges Bridges are an essential part of the transport infrastructure. General Information: A bridge is a means by which a road, railway or other service is carried over an obstacle such as a river, valley, and other road or railway line, either with no intermediate support or with only a limited number of supports at convenient locations. Fig: Docklands Light Rail Bridge, London, England. Basic features of bridges: Superstructure `The superstructure of a bridge

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    sensors allowed the students to compare the stresses and strains experienced in the truss during the experiment with theoretical values from ANSYS ADPL. In Figure 3.1 , the layout of the truss and measuring devices is shown.   The students were required to trace the lead wires from each device to ensure that when pulling the data, the right information was being labeled under the correct column in the self-writing excel file. The DAQ 1 board housed the five data converters to ensure

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    class. Our final design took a lot of work to reach. After four prototypes and combining aspects from all of them, we finally came up with a design that we felt would help us achieve our goal. Our final design most closely resembles a Camelback Pratt Truss. We came across this design in a picture of the Woolsey Bridge located in the outskirts of Woolsey, Arkansas. After studying the real life construction of this particular bridge, we found that if we manipulate it as close as possible with pasta, we

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    Research efforts in the area of studying the dynamic response of bridges subjected to moving vehicles experienced two distinguished phases. The application of digital computers can be considered as the separation limit of these two phases. Before the application of computers, methods were analytical, simplified or approximate in order to analyze simple and fundamental problems. As the simplified analysis of the early research efforts is not applicable in the analysis of complex Train-Track-Bridge

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    the civil engineering while building one of them. The structure types can be arch, beam, truss, suspension and cable-stayed. Among this diversity of designs, two important bridges of the United States are the already constructed Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, which is an arch bridge that connects Nevada and Arizona above the Colorado River; and the St. Anthony Parkway Bridge, which is a truss bridge that will replace an existing one on the same place and is being built above one of

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    A simple bridge truss was the first structure I ever analyzed. The simple combination of beams that could hold cars, trains, and trucks over long spans of water fascinated me. Having the tools to analyze the loads on the truss further increased my interest in structures. I encountered the bridge in a textbook for my first engineering class. Knowing that the professor, Mr. Paul Davids, was a tough teacher, I asked him for the textbook so I could study and get ready for the class over the summer.

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    A bridge is a complex structure allowing passage across an obstacle: a structure that is built above and across a river, road, or other obstacle to allow people or vehicles to cross it. Bridge forms There are four major forms of bridges: beam, truss, arch, and suspension. A beam bridge, also known as a girder bridge, contains a horizontal beam supported by 2 piers at each end. The beam pushes down on the piers, which weakens the overall bridge. These simplistic bridges are the shortest of all

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