Bridge Design Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Truss system with diagonal supports
  2. 5. virtually test how structures behave
  3. 7. structure where the weight of the roadway is carried outward along a curve
  4. 9. creating a strong, lightweight structure using interconnected triangles
  5. 10. force which pushes structures inward, shortening them
  6. 13. Measures a material's ability to withstand stress relative to its mass.
Down
  1. 1. force that pulls or stretches structures
  2. 3. Truss system where the supports form the letter K frontwards and backwards
  3. 4. Truss system with vertical supports
  4. 6. bridge construction involves using flat, elongated pieces of timber to create a bridge deck, often supported by piers or beams
  5. 8. bridge in which the deck is hung below horizontal cables on vertical cables
  6. 9. force caused by wind, unbalanced load, or seismic activity
  7. 11. force occurs when two fastened structures are forces in opposite directions
  8. 12. Truss system with vertical and x-crossed diagonal supports