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types of bridges
Stresses
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Bridge shapes
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2. 100 Points What type of bridge is pictured below? Back | Answer |
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3. 200 Points What type of bridge is shown in the picture below? Back |
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4. 300 Points What is the name of the bridge in the picture below? Back |
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5. What is an advantage and disadvantage of a suspension bridge?
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What is an advantage and disadvantage of a suspension bridge?
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6. 500 Points
Name the three different arch bridges and difference between them.
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7. What type of stress is described with the word pull?
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What type of stress is described with the word pull?
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8. What is one word to describe shear force?
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What is one word to describe shear force?
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9. What two forces make up the bending force?
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What two forces make up the bending force?
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10. Name something that is under stress but not strain. Be specific.
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Name something that is under stress but not strain. Be specific.
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11. 500 Points
In a bending beam, what is the area called that is not under compression or tension?
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12. 100 Points
Name a factor that helps determine the strength of a beam and an example to demonstrate it.
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13. 200 Points
Which one will bend less? Why? or
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14. 300 Points
Name something that demonstrates how they type of material could affect the strength of a bridge.
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15. 400 Points
What is the 2 most important factor when determining the strength of a beam?
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16. 500 Points
Name 3 factors that engineers have to think about when designing a bridge that are not one of the 7 factors that determine strength.
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17. A truss is made up of what shape?
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A truss is made up of what shape?
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18. How do you prevent a rectangle from distorting?
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How do you prevent a rectangle from distorting?
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19. 300 Points Which part of a triangle can hold the most weight? Back |
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20. Why are trusses so strong?
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Why are trusses so strong?
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21. 500 Points
Name 2 out of the three ways to prevent an arch from distorting.
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22. 100 Points
What force is holding up a hanging plant, when it is hanging from the ceiling?
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23. Point out where tension and compression occur in the bridge below.
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Point out where tension and compression occur in the bridge below.
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24. What type of stress destroyed the Tacoma Narrows Bridge?
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What type of stress destroyed the Tacoma Narrows Bridge?
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25. What type of stress caused the destruction in the picture shown below?
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What type of stress caused the destruction in the picture shown below?
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26. The invention of the train caused a lot of bridge to fail. why?
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The invention of the train caused a lot of bridge to fail. why?
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27. 100 Points
post and beam
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28. 200 Points
cantilever bridge
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29. 300 Points
cable stayed bridge
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30. 400 Points
+Can span long distances
- not as sturdy
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31. 500 Points deck arch bridge- under the roadway
Through arch bridge- arch goes through above roadway
half-through arch bridge- bridge is half above/half below the roadway
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32. 100 Points
Tension
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33. 200 Points
slide
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34. compression and tension
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compression and tension
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35. 400 Points
answers will vary
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36. 500 Points
neutral axis
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37. 100 Points
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38. 200 Points
the shorter one because the supports are more spread out. (length of span is one of the factors that determine the strength of beam)
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39. 300 Points
answers will vary
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40. 400 Points
Shape and depth
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41. weather, temperature, earthquakes, top soil type...
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weather, temperature, earthquakes, top soil type...
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42. 100 Points
triangles
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43. put a beam diagonally across it to form two triangles
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put a beam diagonally across it to form two triangles
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44. 300 Points
the top point
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45. Thicker without using much extra material made out of triangles
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Thicker without using much extra material
made out of triangles
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46. 1. add buttresses to the outside of the arch
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1. add buttresses to the outside of the arch
2. set the arches up as a series of arches
3. tie the ends/feet together
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47. 100 Points
tension
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48. 200 Points
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49. 300 Points
Torsion
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50. 400 Points
Torsion
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51. heavy, caused vibrations
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heavy, caused vibrations
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52. Scores
Team 1
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Team 3
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53. Daily Double!!!
Please pick up a pen from the pen tray and, in the box below, write down the amount that you are willing to wager.
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54. Daily Double!!! What is bouyancy? Back | Go To Daily Double Answer |
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55. Daily Double!!!
How well an object floats in water
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