Well, it's certainly a truss bridge (notice the thick, tubular, "lenticular" trusses at the top). The vertical ties running from the top curve ("chord") of the trusses, through the bottom curve, down to the deck mean that the bridge does not push outward on its supporting towers, tho...
These work a bit like the trusses you see on a bridge, tying the molecules together and making them much harder to pull apart. Artwork: Top: Natural, latex rubber is easy to pull apart because the long polymer molecules it contains (made from carbon and hydrogen atoms) are only weakly ...
Explain why arbitrarily oriented mechanical loads on an idealized pinjointed truss structure must be applied at the joints. How about actual trusses: can they take loads between joints? The bar has a cross-sectional area of 400x10^-6 m^2. If it is subjected ...
Explain the difference between applying the Method of Sections to trusses and applying it to beams. Define the term design as studied in mechanical engineering. The hull of the titanic was held together by rivets. What kind of manufacturing process would this represent? Define the electro...