STRESSED OUT STRUCTURES

STRESSED OUT STRUCTURES

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

Notre Dame Cathedral, with Flying Buttresses

PURPOSE

The purpose of this experiment is to see which building structure is strongest.

Which is stronger?

Part 1. A straight gateway or arched gateway

Part 2. The 3D geometric structures used in building design:

triangular prism, pyramid, rectangular prism, or cube

Part 3. Combinations of 3D geometric structures used in building design:

(a) a cube with a pyramid top

(b) a rectangular prism with a pyramid top

(c) a cube with a triangular prism on top

(d) a rectangular prism with a triangular prism on top

Part 4. Buildings made with rectangular prism base and a triangular prism roof with:

(a) a peaked roof

(b) a peaked roof with columns on two sides

(c) a peaked roof with one flying buttress on two sides

Part 5. Buildings made with a rectangular prism base and a triangular prism roof with:

(a) one flying buttress

(b) two flying buttresses

(c) three flying buttresses

(d) three flying buttresses and three roof struts

Part 6. A building with a flat roof held up by columns:

(a) 5 cm apart

(b) 8 cm apart

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