Channel: Engineering Models

Category: Science & Technology

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Description: How do suspension bridges work? Watch this video to learn how these elegant and efficient structures can carry heavy loads. (Note that the Arthur Ravenel Jr Bridge at 6:25 is in fact a cable-stayed bridge, not a suspension bridge, and it should have been synchronized with the words spoken at 6:30.) Don't forget to "like" our video! To learn more, go to civil.uwaterloo.ca/brodland/models.html You might also like our Beam Bending videos at youtube.com/watch?v=9C9GFs5AK4c&list=PL7XZdlJvl9DoEQVQXxKj9lipupIV3gABH And our statistics videos at youtube.com/channel/UCzgFXmkwdv_PoiPCPPhxQjQ