Created by Jessie
In our class we studied bridges. Here are some of the wonderful bridges created!
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Compression - To press closely together or force an object into a smaller space.
Tension - A stretching force that pulls on a structure.
Shear - A force that causes parts of a material to slide past one another in opposite directions.
Buckling - To bend under compression.
Snapping - What happens when the force of tension overcomes the objects ability to handle tension.
Dissipate - To spread out a force evenly among a greater area.
Transfering- To move force from an area of weakness
to an area of strength
Resonance- is a vibrating force which, unchecked, can be fatal to a bridge.
Friction- is the force that opposes the relative motion or tendency of
such motion of two surfaces in contact
Torsion- is a rotational or twisting force
Bouyancy- is an upward force on an object immersed in a fluid
Gravity- is the tendency of objects with mass to accelerate toward each other