Thames & Kosmos Structural Engineering: Bridges & Skyscrapers | Science & Engineering Package | Construct 20 Fashions | Study Power, Load, Compression, Rigidity | Mother and father’ Alternative Gold Award Winner, Blue

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Do you ever surprise how bridges span enormous distances and the way skyscrapers keep standing? Structural engineers use physics and their data of the properties of constructing supplies and geometric shapes to design buildings with enough power and stability. With this equipment of modular constructing items, you possibly can study the fundamentals of structural engineering by conducting a collection of 20 model-building experiments. Every mannequin demonstrates a primary precept of mechanical physics or structural engineering in a hands-on approach. Begin out with small fashions that exhibit how structural components might be hooked up collectively to maximise the power of a construction for a set quantity of fabric used. Study primary structural components together with columns, beams, trusses, plates, arches, shells, and catenary. Discover the forces performing on structural elements together with rigidity, compression, shear, and bending. Transfer onto constructing extra advanced fashions of trusses, roofs, and small buildings. Experiment with various kinds of bridge development: a truss bridge, arch bridge, cantilever bridge, rope bridge, and suspension bridge. Lastly, construct fashions of towering skyscrapers. What’s the tallest tower you possibly can construct utilizing solely the items included within the equipment? Study in regards to the power and stiffness of supplies. See how structural engineers optimize elements to maximise security, and decrease price and the danger of structural failure. A 36-page, full-color guide guides you thru mannequin constructing with step-by-step illustrated directions.
Construct 20 completely different fashions that every train about power, load, compression, rigidity and extra
Over 285 interchangeable constructing items
Consists of 36-page, illustrated experiment guide and Meeting information
Ability stage: Intermediate