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01-20-2008, 07:24 AM #1Have a great day
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Have you ever seen a WATER bridge over a river ?
Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe !
WaterBridge in Germany ... What a feat!
Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long.......now this is engineering!
This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany ,
as part of the unification project. It is located in the city of Magdeburg , near Berlin .
The photo was taken on the day of inauguration.
To those who appreciate engineering projects, here's a puzzle for you armchair engineers and physicists.
Did that bridge have to be designed to withstand the additional weight of ship and barge traffic, or just the
weight of the water?
(answer below)
Answer:
It only needs to be designed to withstand the weight of the water!
Why? A ship always displaces an amount of water that weighs the same as the ship, regardless of how
heavily a ship may be loaded.Mom I miss you already
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01-20-2008, 07:28 AM #2Have a Blessed Day!
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really cool!
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01-20-2008, 07:28 AM #3Registered User
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That is too awesome! Can you imagine how much the water would weigh?? Yikes!
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01-20-2008, 09:54 AM #4BigBig Godsmack Fan!
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Hopefully those barges don't ever collide .. that is going to be a mess!
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them. Distance and time may separate us but friendship and memories won't.
~When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure~
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01-20-2008, 09:56 AM #5Registered User
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Wow! That is really neat!
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01-20-2008, 09:57 AM #6'Emma' to my grandkids
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How cool is that?
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01-20-2008, 09:59 AM #7Registered User
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cool!
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01-20-2008, 10:09 AM #8Registered User
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that is so cool!
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01-20-2008, 11:37 AM #9GO Dale JR !!!!!!!!!!!!
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that is cool
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01-20-2008, 09:27 PM #10addicted to free stuff
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someone had a little too much time on their hands altho its cool I think its kind of pointless but thats just my opinion
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