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Bridges
Question | Answer |
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What is the most important shape? | A triangle. |
Why is the triangle a better shape? | It supports the weight better. |
Why not the square? | You can use a square but you need a crossbar. |
Why the triangle? | The load on a triangle is on the point. The point directs the weight down the sides into the ground. |
What materials? | Steel,Wood,Stone,Concrete, and Reinforced Concrete |
What material is the best? | It depends. If you want a short bridge it is Stone or Wood. If it is longer. Steel, Concrete, and Reinforced Concrete. |
What types of bridges are there? | There are the Beam, Truss, Cantilever, Arch, Tied-Arch, Suspension, and the Cable-Stayed Bridges. |
What is the best bridge | That also depends. If short the Beam, Arch, Tied-Arch, or the Cantilever. If long the Truss, Suspension, or the Cable-Stayed |
Why is the bridge the best bridge? | Well that is hard to answer. It all depends. |
What is a bridge? | A bridge is a structure that spans a gap between the two sides of the gap. |