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Examples of Structural Engineering

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Much work go’s into the process of building many of the structures that we use today. Engineers get together and find the best possible way to build these architects with the best possible results and also using the least amount of money on the job. Many of the structures that we use today are the hard work of well thought people who had ideas and built them step by step. We will take a look at some of these architects and see what the people who built them did to make them the way that they are. The Egyptian Pyramids were built a long time ago. The Pyramid is estimated to have around 2,000,000 bricks that range between 2 and 30 tons. The pyramids are said to have taken a long time to build but there is no certainty behind it because we have no records of it, due to how long ago this was. The Great pyramids are one of the biggest mystery’s we have here on Earth. Recently a group of undergraduate were given a chance to put together structures of a pyramid with some rope and four walls. They were not able to do it. So the biggest mystery is how they had the capability to pull things like these off in a time of limited resources. The pyramid is always at an even 68 degrees Fahrenheit, which happens to be the average temperature of the Earth. Although this is probably a coincidence there is no doubt that the people who built the pyramids knew exactly what they were doing. Just the outer mantle alone was composed of 144,000 casing stones alone, each of these weighing about 15 tons and being about 100 inches thick. The foundations by the cornerstone of the pyramid have socket and ball construction capabilities that keeps everything stable through overheating and earthquakes and other disasters. It is still unknown today the type of material they used for the stone used to build the great pyramids. They were able to use chemical experiments to understand what they used but were unable to replicate it. One thing is for sure. The stone that makes up the Great Pyramids was coated or polished with limestone so that it can hold up through years and years of natural exposures. This limestone also gave the pyramid a natural glow. It reflected well off the sun. Elegantly the light reflected is so bright that you can see it from outer space or the moon. The Egyptians named the Great Pyramid “IhKet” which means the glorious light. It is still a mystery as to how these stones that weigh tons of pounds were transported and assembled as part of the pyramids. In terms of preciseness the ancient pyramids are the most accurately aligned structures in existence. It also faces North to the nearest 3/60th of a degree. Since the North Pole changes over time the Pyramid at one time was exactly aligned with the pole. The Great Pyramid is also located in the middle of the land mass earth. The Great Pyramid is also the only building in the world to be built with the walls slightly concaved. I think that personally the techn

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