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Try these sites for sites that might supply you with answers to your research questions.  The first bunch are search engines and the last ones are specific links that I found to be helpful.


Primary links

 Design Engineer

  1. American Society of Civil Engineers - http://www.asce.org/

  2. Cardboard – what is it and what is it’s history!  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardboard 

  3. Cardboard Fluting - http://www.cactuscontainers.com/corrugated-materials.html

  4. Geodesic Dome

  5. Buildings and Structures Free Paper Models:  http://www.ss42.com/pt-buildings.html

  6. Building with Recycled Materials:  http://www.jimsgraphix.com/recycle/recycle.htm

  7. Building Materials: Papercrete:  http://www.goodwordusa.org/homestead/other/paper.htm

  8. Building with Papercrete and Paper Adobe:  http://www.oikos.com/library/papercrete/

  9. Really Cheap Houses /Papercrete, Paper Adobe, Agstone:  http://www.papercrete.com/cheap.html

  10. Building a Dome out of Paper:  http://www.instructables.com/id/Building_a_Dome_out_of_Paper_and_steeland_ceme

 Building furniture out of paper/cardboard:

  1. Cardboard Chair challenge:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1xXcdSYqw0&feature=related

  2. Cardboard sofas: (in Japanese but you will love watching them!)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s5cWX6QyBs  and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkEDDj7TTHE&NR=1

  3. Cardboard chairs

  4. Absorbing shock:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cushioning

  5. Honey bee honeycombshttp://www.sciencenews.org/pages/sn_arc99/7_24_99/bob2.htm

  6. General Earthquake info and link to “Ask a geologist!”  http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/resources/index.html

  7. Saving lives through better design standards  http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/fact-sheet/fs176-95/

More links are below!

Strength Engineer - Structures

  1. Earthquake Engineering - http://www.bristol.ac.uk/civilengineering/research/structures/eerc/ 
  2. Earthquake simulation - http://www.bristol.ac.uk/civilengineering/research/structures/eerc/earthquakesimulation.html 
  3. Areas of structural engineering research - http://www.bristol.ac.uk/civilengineering/research/structures/ 

  4. Products used in structure building:  http://ezinearticles.com/?Types-of-Building-Materials&id=353971 

 Building furniture out of paper/cardboard:

  1. Cardboard Chair challenge:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1xXcdSYqw0&feature=related

  2. Cardboard sofas: (in Japanese but you will love watching them!)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s5cWX6QyBs  and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkEDDj7TTHE&NR=1

  3. Cardboard chairs

  4. Absorbing shock:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cushioning

More links are below!

Height Engineer - Structures

  1. American Society of Civil Engineers - http://www.asce.org/

  2. 25 Tallest Skyscrapers:  http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/top25.htm

  3. World’s Tallest Buildings -  http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/top25.htm

  4. High Rise Site -  http://www.xs4all.nl/~hnetten/

  5. How Stuff Works - http://science.howstuffworks.com/skyscraper.htm

  6. New York Skyscrapers - http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC/nyc.html

  7. Seven Wonders of the World - http://wonderclub.com/AllWorldWonders.html

    More links are below!

Materials Engineer - Paper and Glue

  1. American Society of Civil Engineers - http://www.asce.org/

  2. How glue works, including  information on adhesion and cohesion - http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mglue.html

  3. How corrugated cardboard is made - http://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Corrugated-Cardboard.html

    4.

  4. Understanding paper weights - http://www.dprint.com/paperweights.html

  5. Paper grades and weights - http://www.piag.org/buyers/tips/Paper_grades.htm

More links are below!

Secondary links

 http://www.imc.cas.cz/en/imc/kult/0501.htm  Corrugated Objects - check out the corrugated bed!

http://www.paper-toys.com/intro-e.htm  CORRUGATED CARDBOARD TOYS 

  http://www.cactuscontainers.com/box-types.html   Types of Corrugated boxes

 Height Engineer Page, Internet Resources Table:

 Links to Information About Skyscrapers Page: (on Height Engineer’s Page)

 More Ideas for Website to Include

 
DIS Earthquake Protection -
http://www.dis-inc.com/		 Earthquake Home Preparedness Guide -
http://www.eqe.com/publications/homeprep/
Earthquake Engineering Research - 
http://nisee.ce.berkeley.edu		 Reducing Earthquake Losses Throughout the United States-
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/QUAKES/FactSheets/BetterDesign
Earthquake Information: Reducing Hazards -
http://quake.usgs.gov		 The Right Technology for Retrofit and New Construction -
http://www.dis-inc.com/technolo.htm
USGS National Earthquake Information Center - http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html Building Products by category -
http://news.sweets.com/pnews/
Spider Web Links -
http://www.muohio.edu/dragonfly/webs/spiderlinks.htmlx		 Spider Webs -
http://www.beakman.com/spider/spider.html
Bee Information on the World Wide Web - 
http://www.honeybee.com		 Honeycomb Conjecture - http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc99/7_24_99/bob2.htm
Corrugated Packaging Council -
http://www.corrugated.org		 Canadian Corruguated Case Association -
http://www.cccassociation.com
Instabox -
http://instabox.com		 Argrov Box Company -
http://www.corrugatedboxes.com/kraft.htm
Cardboard fluting-
http://www.cactuscontainers.com/flutes.html#flutes		 Cardboard Waveboard -
http://www.cactuscontainers.com/waveboard.html
Dictionary.com -
http://www.dictionary.com		 Invention Connection in Cyberspace -
http://www.inventionconnection.com
Beam Bridges
http://www.howstuffworks.com/bridge2.htm		 How Bridges Work - lots of info on forces
http://www.howstuffworks.com/bridge.htm
Geotechnical Engineering at SIU -
http://131.230.195.64/geotech.htm		 Department of Civil Engineering - Earthquake Engineering -
http://www.cen.bris.ac.uk/civil/students/eqteach97/intro.htm
Metwood, Inc steel and wood building materials -
http://www.metwood.com/		 Midwest Steel Framing Alliance -
http://www.mwsteelframingalliance.org
Crystal Palace Architecture with Steel -
http://encarta.msn.com/find/related.asp?pg=7&ti=761572227&ct=0		 Infra-Metals Steel Beams - see products and prjects
http://www.infra-metals.com/products.htm
Fort Point Lighthouse
under the beams of the Golden Gate Bridge -
http://www.lanternroom.com/		 Enertia Building Systems -
homes of remarkable strength, economy, and beauty
http://enertia.com/


Resources in Print
  • The Art of Construction: Projects and Principles for Beginning Engineers and Architects by Mario Salvadori. Chicago Review Press, 1990. ISBN 1-55652-080-8
  • Connections! Buildings: Discover the Connections through Questions and Answers by Caroline Grimshaw.  World Book, Inc., 1997, Chicago,  ISBN# 0-7166-1302-6 (hardcover) or 0-7166-1303-4 (softcover).
  • Structures: The Way Things are Built by Nigel Hawkes, Macmillan, USA, 1993 ISBN # 0-02-000510-5
  • Amazing Buildings by Philip Wikinson, Doriling Kindersley, NewYork, 1993 ISBN # 1-56458-234-5
  • Why Design? Activities and Projects from the National Building Museum by Anna Slafer and Kevin Cahill, Chicago Review Press, 1995 ISBN # 1-55652-249-5
  • The How and Why Wonder Book of Building by Donald Barr

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