MOREnet, MODOT and RoundTrips Present:
Part 4: Design Processes:  Looking at the Math

Date: Mar 6, 2009
Times: (9:00-9:55 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.-11:00 CST)
Grade Levels: 9-12


How do engineers create design plans for a new bridge?  What factors impact their choices most?  Go to the source.  Interact with engineers to find out how they use math, physics and computer simulations in designing a bridge.


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Truss stress simulation from Johns Hopkins University

Lesson Plans for the Physics of Bridges from Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute

November 2007 National Environmental Protection Act  Update

Glasgow Bridge information

Traffic Study

MODOT Connections publication Feb 2008

Glasgow Bridge History

The Missouri Department of Transportation web site about the Glasgow Bridge
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