Calculations and Construction

The construction materials will be brought to the site on the south bank using the main road. The foundations for the main tower will need to be constructed in a temporary cofferdam. To minimise disruption in the area the foundations in the river will be constructed first. The bridge will need a temporary pier in … Continued

Calculations

Live loads: People, Cyclists, Wind, Snow, Temperature Dead loads= Fences, Beams, Deck The pedestrian live loading applied to footbridges is typically 5kN/m² I worked on creating a section of my bridge on GSA. I did a lot of calculations to do with area, mass and cost of my bridge on paper.

First past the Post

Make A Scape activity: First Past The Post   Instructions: Players pick sides. Make sure the screen is fully zoomed out. Then, using the grid, pick 2 points that are 4 units away from each other vertically, and 7 units from the wall. If you need to move the screen to the left or the … Continued

Day 4-Freya

Powerpoint powerpoint I think the power point presentation went okay, I still need practice with public speaking but this has definitely increased my confidence and focus on not rushing it. Final Diary the highlight of my experience was developing my activity for make a scape as I enjoyed coming up with ideas and developing them … Continued

Day 4- presentation and summary

My Presentation script: script PowerPoint: Presentation1 feedback: clear instructions for teachers wanting to use the activity to teach centre of mass and factors affecting an objects’s stability what i can improve: i should speak more confidently, and maybe practice more before my presentation, so i can look at the script less often.   Final thoughts My highlight … Continued

Calculations and Construction

Today started with the drawing of the bridge to scale. This meant that we could use the rule of thumb to see whether the proportions were right and the bridge had an element of feasibility about it. Then having sorted out the dimensions of the bridge I calculated the volume of materials and therefore the … Continued

Interview Questions

Interview Questions What do you like the least and most about the profession? What do you do on a typical day? What do you find most challenging? Where did you study?

Day 4 Diary

Day 4 Diary: Today has definitely been one of my favourite days so far because I got to carry out loads of calculations which helped me to develop my bridge design. I started off by looking at the cross sections of pre-existing bridges and I chose one cross section to use for my bridge. Using … Continued

Fourth Days Work

Word Documents: ROUGH CALCULATIONS CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE    

calculations and construction

erasmus bridge: longest span = 284m height = 139m width = 33.8m     a small cable stayed pedestrian bridge span = 60m width = 3.5m height = 24m (http://www.atkinsglobal.com/~/media/Files/A/Atkins-Global/Attachments/sectors/roads/library-docs/technical-journal-1/conceptual-design-of-cable-stayed-pedestrian-bridge-at-taunton-somerset.pdf)   bridge of Strings: longest span = 160m height = 118m width = 15m   height = span*width / k 24 = 60*3.5 / k … Continued