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Application of Mathematics in the Construction of the Worlds Greatest Bridges

Submitted by: Monday Group Submitted to: Mr. Reynald Japay

Brooklyn Bridge The famous Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, over the East River, has been celebrated in stories, poems and paintings. It may be the most photographed bridge. The design of its towers and graceful pattern of the stays create a bridge of beauty. It is close enough to New Haven to visit and walk over. An engineering wonder, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world at its 1883 opening. It had to have a large clearance of 135 feet above the river. The idea came to its designer, John A. Roebling, when he was crossing that river on a ferry and it became stuck in the ice. Ferries would stay tied up for weeks because of the ice in the river. All new techniques were used. It was the first bridge built of steel. It cost double the original estimate, about $1 billion in today's dollars, and took 14 years to build. It was supposed to take only 5 years to build. (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, 2013) Math (Equation) Each cable is made up of 3,515 miles of steel wire, each galvanized with zinc to protect them from the adverse effects of weather. Each wire was the thickness of a pencil. Each strand is made up of 286 wires. One strand was at the center, surrounded by 6 more in a hexagonal shape. Surrounding those were 12 more. Calculate the amount of wires in one cable. 286*(1+12+6)= 5,434 wires

Heritage Bridge Date built: 2007 Located at: Turner Turnpike and SH102 Oklahoma Steven Weitzman is a well-rounded artist not contained by a specific medium. He works in bronze, wood, glass, concrete and even paints and draws. He specializes in site-specific development and highway infrastructure. Equation y= 2x+3 y = -4x-4 y= 8 y= -2/5x-1 y-9= 5 (x+3)

Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge-the unmistakable symbol of a city and a region is known as the most spectacular bridge in the world. One of man's most powerful creations, the bridge is located in one of nature's most beautiful settings, spanning the mile-wide bay from Fort Point in San Francisco to the Marin County shore. Opened in 1937, the bridge has remained undamaged. It has been able to withstand ferocious winds, mammoth loads, temperatures that expand and contract every piece of steel in it and enormous earthquakes (Gronquist 27). The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake caused no damage. The construction of this bridge is a frontier in history which changed the lives of millions living in San Francisco ... and the thinking of civil engineers and architects throughout the world. The way architects think and contractors work was revolutionized and the bridge continues to make designers think differently (Bilings 47-52). All involved with the enormous construction of this single project crossed multiple frontiers that others before had never even considered crossing. The idea of spanning the Golden Gate Strait was thought to be impossible by virtually everyone when the notion was brought up in the 19th century. Equation y=0.00012x^2+6

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