The very first bridges were made by nature itself‚ as simple as a log fallen across a stream or stones in the river. The first bridges made by humans were probably spans of cut wooden logs or planks and eventually stones‚ using a simple support and crossbeam arrangement. Some early Americans used trees or bamboo poles to cross small caverns or wells to get from one place to another. A common form of lashing sticks‚ logs‚ and branches together involved the use of long reeds or other harvested fibers
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PAPER BRIDGE COMPETITION (GROUP PROJECT) OBJECTIVES: To construct a free span paper bridge that is capable of supporting a number of weights. The best score is achieved by total weight supported. SPESIFICATIONS: The bridge must be constructed from only paper and tape. Standard 4 pieces A4 paper size up to 80 GSM only can be used. The bridge span must be the A4 paper width. Glue can be used to join the members; for example‚ along the seam of a tubular member or at a point where two or
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The trestle bridge is built with lateral and angled bracing‚ and horizontal and vertical reinforcements; to ensure the bridge can bear maximum weight. The base of the bridge is simply constructed with lateral bracing which is connected by horizontal panels that are connected to a horizontal‚ upright‚ panel on either side. Although‚ engineers rarely place lateral bracing on the base‚ it provides for extra stability. Moreover‚ the base also has upright and angled Popsicle sticks connected to the lateral
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I started going to the Bridge‚ on August for summer classes. My first day at the Bridge International school was wonderful. When I arrived at the Bridge International School‚ I did not know what to expect‚ but my first day was amazing. I saw some old friends that I was schooling in the same school with‚ before the Bridge. I made new friends who were kind‚ funny and interesting. I did not know people at the Bridge International School would be that nice. I found some subjects hard‚ because I
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April Suspension Bridges A suspension bridge is a bridge with overhead cables supporting its roadway. The first suspension bridges were made by the primitive people using vines as cables and they would mount the roadway directly on the cable. Then in the 4th century a much stronger type was introduced in India. They used plaited bamboo cables and then iron chain to suspend the road. In the 18th century engineers encountered many problems with the stability of the bridge. The bridge would always rock
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The Anzac Bridge was first opened in 1995 was designed by Ken Wheeler from the RTA and took 6 years to build by the company Baulderstone Hornibrook. It is cable stayed bridge with a semi fan arrangement of the cables. It was built to replace the Glebe Island Bridge due to the bridge being unable to cope with large amounts of traffic. The Anzac Bridge was designed as a motorway to ease congestion and allow my traffic to flow through the bridge as well as including pedestrian paths and a bicycle path
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Within Richard Preston’s‚ The Hot Zone‚ the very real threats posed by the deadly viruses of Marburg and Ebola Reston is brought to attention through the “terrifying true story”. In the first chapter‚ Charles Monet is introduced as a man with a little too much free time and works at the pump house at the sugar factory within near the base of Mt. Elgon. One day in 1980‚ he takes a female friend to Kitum Cave‚ and it is believed that this is the day he caught the Marburg virus. The first symptoms include
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1.1.1.1 Pre-Production of a Video Pre-production is the process before shooting the video. Written in the book The Video Maker Guide to Video Production (2004) that good writing is a start of good video. The moment we start recording something with a camera‚ we are starting to tell a story. Whether if one is shooting the science fiction‚ documenting a wedding or producing a short public service announcement‚ they are still telling a story. So before beginning‚ the video maker should first consider
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MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: September 30‚ 2013 SUBJECT: Hot Topic Article CC: ACC/561 Class During Week 6‚ we discussed the importance of incremental analysis in decisions‚ such as make or buy or sell or process further‚ capital budgeting‚ cash payback‚ and the internal rate of return (IRR) (Kimmel‚ Weygandt‚ & Kieso‚ 2011). This Hot Topic Article assignment challenges us to apply these concepts to real-life examples in newspapers and other media sources. Rachel Sanderson wrote
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as it was troubling to citizens across several European nations as well as American colonies. In the first video of the Heroes of the Enlightenment series entitled Power of Knowledge‚ the viewer listens to the stories of four men whom‚ through their work‚ began and shaped the Age of Enlightenment (BBC‚ The Power of Knowledge: The Heroes of the Enlightenment‚ 2012). The intention of this video was to demonstrate how Isaac Newton‚ Denis Diderot‚ Marques of Pombal‚ and Erasmus Darwin brought upon substantial
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