transformation vertical loadinto horizontal force（转换垂直loadinto水平力）（9页）.docVIP

Menai Straits Bridge Lab Transformation: Vertical Load into Horizontal Force The purpose of this laboratory is to understand forces in a cable suspension bridge. The laboratory is based on Thomas Telfords Menai Straits Bridge built in 1826. At the time it was erected, the Menai Straits Bridge was the longest spanning bridge in the world with a 579-foot middle span. It is the most important of Telfords flat form bridges and it served as a precursor to a large number of long-spanning bridges including Othmar Ammanns George Washington Bridge of 1931. In a suspension bridge, deck l