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How do you use the word rivited in a sentence?
Bob the bridge builder stopped to look back at the metal plate he had just fastened, secured and rivited to the upright bridge supports. He was the kind of guy who took great pride in a job well done, if fact his foreman would say Bob became so engrossed in his job and his attention so rivited to his work that it was hard to get him to quit at the end of the day.
What is the beam bridge weakness?
One of the weaknesses is that because of its design of two beams supported by varied types of supports on either end, it usually cannot be very long, although there are some exceptions.
What is the Abutment of the culvert?
A structure for resisting the pressure of water against a bridge. It supports or receives the thrust of part of the arch of the bridge. It absorbs the tensions. It receives the arch at the end of a brdge
How do beam bridges support weight or load on them?
Instead of pushing straight down, the load of an arch bridge is carried outward along the curve of the arch to the supports at each end. The weight is transferred to the supports at either end.
What is the difference between the Carey foster bridge and meter bridge?
There is no great difference between between the two in principlebut,In a Carey foster's bridge there is no end resistance whereas in the case of a metre bridge end resistance afffects our readings.Hence Carey foster bridge is more accurate than metre bridge .Carey foster bridge can also measure low resistance and high resistance but a metre bridge cannot do so.
What keeps a bridge from crashing down?
Either the supports under the bridge or at the end of the bridge (or both) or the archway supporting the bridge or cables attached to the bridge from above.
What are the forces that act on an arch bridge?
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.
What does it mean when one end of the rainbow touches a bridge?
It means the end of the bridge is at a 42 degree angle from the sun.
What word means end to end or on end?
The word is length. It means the measurement of something from end to end.
What structures hold a bridge up?
A suspension bridge suspends its load from main cables that run along both sides of the structure. The beam bridge is the oldest and most common type of bridge. A beam bridge is a horizontal structure, with beam supports at each end, and piers between the beams.
What is an arch bridge bridge?
Arches are among the oldest forms of structural support. Unlike beam bridges, arch bridges are curved. The arch carries the weight outward along the curve to the supports on each end of the bridge, called abutments. The abutments carry the load and stop the bottom of the bridge from spreading out.
What word means no beginning and no end?
A word that means no beginning and no end is infinite or infinity.
What does it mean when you put the apostrophe at the end of a word?
It means there is already an "s" at the end of the word
What word means absolutely horrible and has the word end in it?
horrendous
What does finis mean in Latin?
The Latin que added to a word means "and". The word finem is the accusative case of the noun finis which means "the end". So finemque means "and the end"
What does it mean when 'less' is at the end of a word?
When "less" is at the end of a word, it often means without or lack of that particular thing. For example, "careless" means without care, "helpless" means lacking help, and "endless" means without an end.
What is the answer for A piece of wood which supports the strings on a instrument?
The most common answer is "the bridge", however the strings are also supported by the nut which is at the top of the fingerboard. In addition, the strings are fastened at either end by the pegs and by the tailpiece.
