3.Moving Heavy Loads

    Ordinarycranes,usedintheconstructionindustryorforloadingships,canliftweightsofupto200t.Butconsiderthefollowingproblems:aprefabricated1,500tsectionofaship(suchasthewholesuperstructureorthefrontpartofthebow)hastobeplacedinitsfinalposition;a6,000trockethasto......查看详细>>

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4.Material for Building

    Shelterfromthenaturalelementsisabasicneed.Earlypeoplemetthisneedbydwellingincavesandthentheirdescendantsbegantoconstructbuildings.Keyfactorsinthedesignofthesesheltersweretheclimateandthematerialsavailable.Forexample,inhot,drycountrieshouseswithtinywindows......查看详细>>

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5.Modern Buildings

    Thehighestbuildingconstructedby1975wasSearsRoebuckTowerinChicago.Itis443mtallwith110floors.Ithouses16,500peopleandhas103elevatorsand18escalators.Structuralengineershavecalculatedthatbuildingsupto3kmtallaretechnicallyfeasible.WhyhaveLargeBuildings?Thechief......查看详细>>

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6.Road Building

    Thefirstroadsusedbypeoplewereprobablybeatenoutbythehoofsofanimalsastheymadetheirwaybetweenfeedingandwateringplaces.Routesthatbeganasmerecattletracksorhuntingandsupplytrailsdevelopedaftertheinventionofthewheelintoharder-wearingroadscrisscrossingtheancientw......查看详细>>

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7.Freeway Engineering

    Modernroadsystemsevolvedovermanyhundredsofyearsoutofthenetworkofroutesthatlinkedvillagesandtownshipsacrossthelengthandbreadthofeverycountry.Inearlytimes,thefarmerscartthreadeditswaybetweenfields,skirtingwoods,avoidingwater,andseekingthemostconvenientroute......查看详细>>

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8.Tunnel Engineering

    Tunnelingwasprobablyoneofmansearliestexercisesinthefieldofcivilengineering.TheancientEgyptiansareknowntohavebuilttunnelsfortransportingwaterandforuseastombs.TheEgyptiansalsoundertookminingoperations,cuttingdeeptunnelstoexcavatecopperores.Todaytunnelsareus......查看详细>>

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9.History of Bridges

    TheearliestbridgeswereprobablylogsthrownacrossstreamsorthestoneslabclapperbridgessuchasthosestillsurvivinginDevon,England.Anothertypeofwatercrossingwasprovidedbybridgesformedbyboatsfixedtogether.TheGreekhistorianHerodotus(485—425BC)providedtheearliestdocu......查看详细>>

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10.Modern Bridges

    Twonineteenth-centuryinventionsledtoarevolutioninbridgebuilding.ThesewerePartlandcementandmass-producedsteel.Cementisthevitalingredientofconcrete,andmassconcretecanbeusedtobuildpiers,abutments(banksupports),andarchesof“artificial”stonetoanyrequiredshape.W......查看详细>>

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11.Airport Construction

    WhenOrvillewright(1871—1948)andhisbrotherWilbur(1867—1912)mademansfirstpoweredflightonDecember17,1903,atkittyHawk,NorthCarolina,theyrevolutionizedtransportation.Intheorythenewaircraftmadepossiblethemovementofmenandgoodsfromanypointonearthtoanyotherwithout......查看详细>>

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12.Railroad Transportation

    Manbuiltrailroadslongbeforehebuiltsteamenginesandbeforehehadevenmasteredthebasictechnologyofengineeringwithironandothermetals.Theearliesttrainswereconstructedoftimberandwereinoperationnotlaterthanthefourteenthcentury.Theywerebuilttoovercometheseverelimita......查看详细>>

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