Homework Extra Credit 2
Due 22. May 1997 5:00PM
There are burgeoning number of Web sources for information and images that are relevant to this course. The following links are representative of three of them:
The assignment is to search for other resources that are available. You can receive 3 Quiz points, up to a maximum of 15 points, for every unique source that include a NEW address that has a relevance to the course.
I will list those found on THIS page as they are submitted to me. The listing of the link does not mean that you have received credit for the link.
In order to submit them, send an e-mail message to me with each of the addresses listed in the following format:
<LI><a href = "the html adress that you have found">Subject Matter included here</A>
Credit will only be given to postings that have relevance! And only to those which are not already listed on this page.
10. May 1997 (MM)
13. May 1997 (JH)
- kimbell art museum-overview of exhibits, no structure.
- large suspension bridge in Sweden.
- The Northcumberland Sraight Crossing Project-Canada
- Web page of COn Span bridge builders- I thought it was interesting to learn what the buildier thinks, not just the designer.
- The Swedish Institute of Steel Construction
- Covered bridges in Parke County, Indiana.
- Yahoo site, but has listings for everyone from Aalto to F.L. Wright
- Case study on Kimbell, good but not as indepth as mine :)
- Yahoo site, has the one link for covered bridges that is on the 4.440 page, but has a lot more as well.
- Yahoo site, just brdges, some links are repeats, some are new.
14. May 1997 (JK)
15. May 1997 (IP)
15. May 1977 (JW)
18. May 1997 (RC)
18.May 1997 (rye)
19. May 1997 (ak)
20. May 1997 (bn)
21. May 1997 (ydn)
- Antoni Gaudi
Includes pictues and information about Antoni Gaudi, some of whose works we saw in the lecture images
- Structural
Engineering at the KTH in Sweden
The home page of the department of structural engineering at the KTH in Sweden. Includes links to the World's Largest bridges, the Cable supported structures homepage and Research Projects and Programs.
- Home page of Shahin Taavoni, includes pertinent information about concrete
Home page of Shahin Taavoni, a professional structural engineer and
professor at Johns Hopkins University in maryland. He has written two books on reinforced concrete design and authored papers on structural engineering. Includes bridge projects he has worked on and some java applets showing beam strength.
- Structural
strength of Bamboo (remember the picture in the lecture 1 homework?
In one of our beginning homeworks we had to analyze some bamboo, so here is a practical application of the structural strength of bamboo in these bamboo composites. The file structur.html under this directory has information about bamboo as a structural member.
- Structure
optimization
This is the current research page of the Structural Optimization Research Group of Australia (SORGA) They basically research the optimization of structures. this site has all the current research being done on structural optimization. I think they are optimizing for aircraft, but the principle of optimization remains the same for all structures.
- Truss Loading conditions
A company that designs roof and floor trusses gives some insight to loading conditions in real life contruction projects.
- Truss Design
22. May 1997 (tl)
22. May 1997 (GC)
T
acoma Narrows Bridge Disaster
The Tacoma
Narrows Bridge Disaster
Bridge and Resonance
TACOMA BRIDGE
SPECIFICATIONS
New England covered
bridge