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In the Structures
and Analyses module,
students will be introduced to the fascinating discipline of bridge design and
construction. After considering the opportunities in civil engineering careers
and surveying some historical highlights, the class members will use their
considerable mathematics and science aptitudes to design, build, evaluate, and
test basic bridge structures.
The units and lessons within the module are:
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Great civil structures (Research and Presentation Project)
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Materials Terminology
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Materials Characterization Lab (Experimentation, Plotting
Results, and Calculations)
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Bridge Design with PC Simulation
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Structural Analysis I (Trigonometry, Vectors, Equilibrium,
and Reactions)
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Structural Analysis II (Free Body Diagrams, Force
Calculations, and Statics)
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Bridge Construction
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Truss Factor of Safety
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Truss Characterization Lab (Testing Machine Theory,
Experimentation, and Plotting Results)
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Weight Test Constructed Bridge
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