The arch bridge spreads load (the weight of the bridge and the traffic on it) from the deck to the abutments (the supports at each end) and into the ground. This creates a lot of compressions.
Tension and compression are the two forces that act upon a bridge.
Tension and Compression
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is the ponte vecchio bridge is an arch bridge
The brooklyn bridge is not a arch bridge
The forces that acts on the bridge is the way the bridge is built or the mass that is put on the bridge. Some are different it only depends on how the bridge is built.
The arch bridge is primarily supported by compression. In this design, the weight of the bridge and the loads it carries are transferred along the curved structure of the arch to the supports at either end. This allows the materials to handle compressive forces effectively, making arch bridges both strong and durable.
Disadvantage: An arch bridge requires a very stable foundation. The bridge diverts the tension exerted on it onto the foundations on either side of the bridge. Advantage: It is an economical mom to traverse small distances and is able to cope with bending forces.
it is a hybrid between an arch bridge and truss bridge. so it is classified as an arch and truss
Arch Bridges are: 1. Masonry arch bridges 2. trussed arch bridges. Le viaduc de Garabit in Cantal France is a famous arch bridge. The Sydney Harbour bridge is a trussed arch bridge Tacoma Bridge.
The bridge is supported by an arch or a series on arches to make the bridge stronger.
Water pressure is one force that acts heavily on an arch dam. The beauty of an arch dam, however, is that all of the forces acting on the dam only serve to press against the arch, forcing the arch itself to accept this force in a way that only fortifies the arch.