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building to be strong. There are a multitude of things that
could easily tear a building apart such as
earthquakes, wind, temperature changes, etc. People that
design buildings have several ways that they can specifically design
their building such as using special materials. Several of
these materials are concrete, steel, carbon fiber reinforced
plastic, bricks and tiles which are all strong in compression.
They also make buildings in shapes that would be harder to break
such as triangles.
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p.s. that's me in the bottom right hand corner |
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bibliography- http://www.bristol.ac.uk/civilengineering/research/structures/eerc/ Earthquake Engineering http://www.bristol.ac.uk/civilengineering/research/structures/ Areas of structural engineering research
I got my interview information from Jeromy. |
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Through my interview, I learned several things. A circle is the best shape to hold up a structure and a building can be as tall as it wants as long as it's supported by a strong base. A good, sturdy building will stay up in an earthquake until it is over. A beam is a thick, steel bar that makes up the skeleton of a building. A short and wide building is stronger than a tall and skinny building. This is all the information I received from my interview. Reflections: I thought that the weakness of our sides wouldn't matter as long as our middle was strong but apparently that wasn't the case. We met the criteria for both the height and weight but at 180 lbs, our structure was tied for the weakest one. If i could do it again, I would make the outside wall stronger and actually measure the triangles in the structure instead of just randomally putting them in there.
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