MOREnet, MODOT and RoundTrips Present:
Part 5: Design Processes: Bridge Failures: A Look at Stress

Date: Mar 13, 2009
Times: (9:00-9:50 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.-10:50 CST)
Grade Levels: 7-12


Why do seemingly well-designed bridges suddenly collapse?  How do forces, both natural and man-made create stress and cause bridge failure? What's the science involved in these events?  Meet with engineers and ask your questions as you investigate real-life bridge failures.



To Join this conference Contact: roundtrips@clayton.k12.mo.us
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Click on the links below for Program Materials and more information:
 
Download detailed program description

Download Program PowerPoint (Large file 90 MB)

Additional web links

You Tube link to Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse

You Tube link to the I-35 Minneapolis Bridge Collapse

Minnesota Dept. of Transportation final report on the I-35 Collapse

Truss stress simulation from Johns Hopkins University

Lesson Plans for the Physics of Bridges from Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute

November 2007 National Environmental Protection Act  Update

Glasgow Bridge information

Traffic Study

MODOT Connections publication Feb 2008

Glasgow Bridge History

The Missouri Department of Transportation web site about the Glasgow Bridge
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