civil engineering structures

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civil engineering structures

• ben schafer
• october 2000
• september 2001 update

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ganter bridge
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ganter bridge, another perspective
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christian menn
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ganter bridge construction
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structures
compression
torsion
bridges
buildings
tension
bending
roofs
trusses
one-way
two-way
towers
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tension structures
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last surviving incan suspension bridge
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george washington bridge (gwb) - othmar amman
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gwb - before and after
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cable net structure - exhibition hall
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cable net structure - millenium dome
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compression structures
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temple of olympian zeus, athens, greece
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the propylaea (entrance to the acropolis)
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tower of the gwb
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compression structures.. columns to arches
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pont-du-gard
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arches over harlem
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christian menn - the richenau bridge
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model of form work
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bixby creek bridge
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can you find the suspension bridge in there?
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compression structures. .. arches to domes
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compression structures - arches to domes - Hagia
Sophia
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inside hagia sophia
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geodesic dome
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south pole - geodesic dome
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domes to shells - and form finding
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pure tension form
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pure compression form
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shells that result
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trusses
C
C
T
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eiffel tower
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firth of tay bridge collapse 1879
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1889 firth of forth (1710 ft long)
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members
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explaining the bridge to a nervous public
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tension and compression members?
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beams
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potamac river bridge DC
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stonehenge
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temple for zeus
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bart
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brittania bridge
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plate girder bridge (Basel, Switzerland)
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frames
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container crane
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ped bridge (Garden Grove, California)
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daley center building
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slabs
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civil engineering structures
action
length
area
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(No Transcript)
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towers
wind!
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fazluhr kahns john hancock tower
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sears tower (also f kahn)
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petronas twin towers
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peace