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| Suspension Bridge | A bridge in which cables or ropes are strung across an obstacle, such as a river, and the deck is suspended from these cables |
| Classic and Cable-stayed | What are the two types of suspension bridges? |
| Anchorage | What essential part of a Classic suspension bridge does a Cable-stayed suspension bridge not have? |
| Anchorage | This is the part of a CLASSIC suspension bridge that hold the cables on either end of the bridge |
| Cables | This is the part of the suspension bridge that the deck is hung from |
| Deck | This is the part of the suspension bridge that is hanging from the cables |
| Towers | This is the part of a suspension bridge that hold the cables, and ultimately the road deck, up. |
| stringers or hangers | This is the part of a CLASSIC suspension bridge that connects the cables to the deck |
| Tension | In a suspension bridge, the force of _________ pulls along the primary cables to the anchorages, but since the anchorages are firmly held to the earth, this force is then dissipated into the earth. |
| Compression | In a suspension bridge, the force of _____________ originates in the towers and is dissipated directly into the earth where the towers are firmly entrenched. |
| Cables | What part of the suspension bridge is under tension? |
| Towers | What part of the suspension bridge is under compression? |
| Resonance | Dampeners are used by bridge designers to stop what force? |
| Tension and Compression | What are the two major forces we looked at on each bridge? |
| M and A | What are the shapes associated with the two types of suspension bridges? |
| Classic suspension bridge | The M-shaped bridge is another name for what type of suspension bridge? |
| Cable-stayed suspension bridge | The A-shaped bridge is another name for what type of suspension bridge? |
| Nature, specifically weather | This is the hardest force on a bridge because it is unpredictable and never-ending. |
| Torsion | This is a twisting or rotational force. |
| Tension | This force is defined as a force that acts to expand or lengthen the thing that it is acting upon. In other words it is a force that stretches. |
| Compression | This force is defined as a force that acts to compress or shorten the thing that it is acting upon. In other words it is a force that squeezes. |
| Resonance | This force is a vibration in something caused by an external force that is in harmony with the natural vibration of the original thing. It can be caused by wind, sound or people marching across a bridge. |
| Two bridge supports | The span of a bridge is defined as the distance between __________________. |
| Torsion | The purpose of a deck-stiffening truss is to prevent what force? |
| Deck-stiffening truss | What is added to the underside of suspension bridges to make the deck stronger so that it can resist torsion? |
| 7000 feet | How far can a suspension bridge safely span? |
| Dissipation | What is the spreading out of force or weight over a greater area so that no one area has to deal with a large amount |
