During your Internet research you must answer questions and include
diagrams where appropriate.
Use these sites to find information asked on the handouts.
Truss Bridge Laboratory
http://www.ce.ufl.edu/activities/trusslab/trussndx.html
This University of Florida site has information about truss stability, modes
of failure, and even plans for a simple bridge testing apparatus.
Bridge Basics
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/basics.html
A great site to get ideas for different style designs and to learn the basic
differences between the various types of bridges.
What holds the balcony up in a cinema or theatre?
http://www.cbc4kids.ca/general/the-lab/do-it-
yourself/9801/experiment1/default.html
This site takes students through a discovery activity to understand tension
and compression forces as well as the principles behind cantilever bridge
design.
The Academy
http://www.egr.uri.edu/ne/easne/mce/mce162-2.html
University of Rhode Island's School of Engineering site with a great
explanation of suspension bridge design.
Pre-engineering Software Corp.
http:// www.pre-engineering.com
This site has information on truss bridge design, terms and definitions,
force analysis, and even some interesting VRML bridges to view.
Bridge Watching for Beginners
http://www.media.uwe.ac.uk/~masoud/projects/bridges/bridges.htm
A site from the UK, it contains information about bridge basics, forces and
elasticity, and a full glossary and index of references.
Space Web Design
http://www.lusas.com/case/bridge/spaceweb.html
A neat site about a design recently featured in POPULAR SCIENCE, gives
insight into a bridge that may be able to be built at lengths currently
unheard of. Great images to view!
Architectonics: The Science of Architecture
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~struct/
Click on the "courseware" icon of this University of Oregon site and discover
a series of lectures and labs explaining everything from stability and
strength to testing methods. A truly academic site!
