Bridge Building: Focus: Structural Engineering Grades - Educational ...
Bridge Building: Focus: Structural Engineering Grades - Educational ...
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Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institutehttp://www.pci.org/This organization is dedicated to fostering greater understanding and useof precast/prestressed concrete. Their web site offers the opportunity tosearch for a concrete producer in your area and learn about the uses ofprecast/prestressed concrete in many types of construction projects.Boeing: Exploring <strong>Engineering</strong>9 Th Educators enrichment dayBoeing <strong>Educational</strong> outreach programFebruary 19, 2002Douglas R. Carroll, PhD, PEAssociate ProfessorDepartment of basic engineeringUniversity of Missouri-RollaBook<strong>Bridge</strong>sBy Fritz LeonhardtMIT Press, Cambridge 1990.VocabularyTrusses -Floor beams-Lateral brace-Wing nuts-Coupling-Decking-A truss is a type of framework, usually comprising straight struts and ties,which are designed to be stiff, even if all the joints are considered to bepinned.A wooden structure that is used to allow the flooring to lie properlyThe aluminum support that stabilizes the top of the bridgeA nut with wing like projections for thumb and forefinger leverage inturningA device that links or connectsTo furnish with or as if with a deck20
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