Bridge Building Vocab
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| Abutment | The supports where a bridge arch meets the ground. Resist outward motion. Keep bridge up.
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| Arch bridge | A bridge that has compression spread over the arch. Half cirlce.
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| Cantilever | A type of bridge in which a beam is capable of supporting a load on 1 end when the other end is anchored.
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| Dynamic Load | Load/weight that is always changing
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| Static Load | A load that doesn't change or changes slowly
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| Dead Load | The weight or load of a structure itself. ex. a Bridge, a chair
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| Load | weight, mass or force on a structure
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| Pier | A structure that extends from a bridge to the ground to support the bridge. "feet"
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| Reinforced concrete | Concrete with steel or plastic rods inside them to resist tension
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| Shear | A sliding/separating force
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| Compression | Pushing/Squeezing force
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| Tension | Pulling/stretching force
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| Torsion | Twisting force
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| Strut | A rigid structure member that is in compression
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| Suspension Bridge | A bridge that has a deck suspended (hung) from cables that go over a tower
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| Truss Bridge | A structural part - series of triangles.
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| Beam Bridge | A bridge composed of a horizontal beam and piers
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