Trusses and Forces

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Across
  1. 2. A type of truss bridge design that resembles a series of X's.
  2. 3. A framework of interconnected triangles that provides stability and strength in bridge construction.
  3. 7. A force that opposes the motion of one surface as it moves across another surface.
  4. 8. Forces that try to stretch or elongate a material.
  5. 9. The forces that try to compress or squeeze a material.
  6. 12. The tendency of an object to resist a change in its state of motion.
  7. 14. In a truss bridge, these members are inclined or slanted structural elements.
  8. 15. The force that pushes or pulls an object in a straight line.
  9. 16. A structure built to span a physical obstacle.
  10. 18. elements in a truss bridge help support the structure.
Down
  1. 1. A force that pulls objects towards each other.
  2. 4. The ability of a structure to withstand heavy loads and forces.
  3. 5. The top and bottom horizontal members of a truss bridge.
  4. 6. The rate of change of an object's velocity with respect to time.
  5. 10. The professionals who design and build truss bridges.
  6. 11. The term for when forces are in balance, resulting in no motion.
  7. 13. The result of an unbalanced force acting on an object.
  8. 17. The force that causes objects to fall toward the center of the Earth.