Rigidity & Braced Grids - Teacher's Notes (GeoMAP)

Whether it's the Cathedral of Notre Dame or the Statue of Liberty, an architect needs to create structures that won't collapse. Students will learn how to determine whether a grid (of steel or wood, for example) is braced, or unstable and dangerous.

GeoMAP library available on CD-ROM product no. 7592

Table of Contents:

SECTION ONE: WILL IT FALL DOWN?

SECTION TWO: GRIDS

SECTION THREE: THE GEOMETRIC SOLUTION

SECTION FOUR: THE COMBINATORIAL SOLUTION

SECTION FIVE: TENSEGRITY GRIDS