STRESSED OUT STRUCTURES

INDEX

Introduction

Purpose

Hypothesis

Materials

PART ONE

Gateway Structures

PART TWO

3D Geometric Structures: Which is Strongest?

PART THREE

Testing Buildings: Which Design is Strongest?

PART FOUR

Stronger Buildings:

Supports

PART FIVE

Stronger Buildings:  Buttresses and Struts

PART SIX

Earthquake

Simulation: Columns

PROBLEMS WITH

MY EXPERIMENT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lynch, Anne Editor. Great Buildings. Time Life Books. Australia. 1996.

Darton, Mike. The Illustrated Book of Architects and Architecture. New Burlington Books. London. 1990

Cox Reg and Neil Morris. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Silverburdett Press. New Jersey. 1996

Corbishley, Mike. The World of Architectural Wonders. Peter Bedrick Books. Chicago. 1975.

THANKS

I would like to thank my teacher, Mr. Vaughan Marriott, for making it possible for me to participate in the Canada-Wide Virtual Science Fair, my parents for being there to help me, and my mother for taking the photos.