
Understanding the World's Greatest Structures: Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity
The Science of Structure: Forces in Balance
Educational · Mar 4, 2011 · 32 min The Great Courses Signature Collection
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S1, E2: Explore how two types of external forces - loads (forces applied to structures) and reactions (forces developed at supports, in response to applied loads) - act on structures such as Kansas City's Chouteau Bridge. Also, learn how these forces are related to the most important concept in engineering mechanics: equilibrium.
Educational · Mar 4, 2011 · 32 min