Efficient Trusses (IMAGE)
Caption
On top left is the Lockport truss bridge passing over the Erie Canal near Buffalo, New York. Researchers mimicked this structure, highlighted in teal blue, and created multiple timber-only designs (top left), steel-only designs (bottom left), and timber-steel designs.
Credit
Courtesy of Josephine Carstensen and Zane Schemmer
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