Bridge Designing

Bridge Designing

1. Materials

   • Metals or non metals?
   • Specific carrying capacity
   • Pure element or a compound?
     • Benefits and disadvantages of using Iron, or other transition metal.
     • Benefits and Disadvantages of using an alloy of different metals
   • Which material is more reliable?

2. Shapes used in bridges

   • Archs
   • Triangles
   • Lines
   • Sqaures

3. Archs

   • Specific length?
   • Length vs carrying capacity
   • Are they necessary?

4. Variations

   • Cables/ wires
     • Are they necessary?
     • Is there any specific thickness?
     • Specific Material?
   • Towers
     • Height vs length of the bridge?
     • Specific weight?

Bilder und Dateien der Mindmap