Teacher Resources

Calculating Angles Associated with Skewed Columns

Using a Unit Vector to find Coordinates Along a Skewed Column

Engineering Timeline

The PESC Reading List

A Comparison of Two Bridges

A Bridge Building Project

Newton's Laws

Example Bridge Trusses

More Bridge Trusses

Bridge Photographs

Tower Photographs

Engineering Terms

Scalars and Vectors

Providing Lateral Support

Truss Analysis by "The Method of Sections"

A Question to Ponder

Using a Test Load to Calculate a Probable Failure Load

A Construction Crane

Scotland's Firth of Forth

Boomilever Statics

Prefab Timber Roof Trusses - Tension connections  

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