The Glass Bridge eliminates the need for traditional reinforcements like steel, instead harnessing glass's strength within a compression-dominant structural form. "All these pieces alone, hollow glass ...

Architect and structural engineer Masoud Akbarzadeh has challenged conventional wisdom by constructing a bridge ...

When supporting its own weight and the weight of crossing traffic, every part of the arch is under compression. For this reason, arch bridges must be made of materials that are strong under ...

Project requires two giant offshore compression systems, each including a compression platform, flare platform, ...

Press down on the center of the bridge. What happens to the top and bottom notches? Notice how the top notch squeezes together in compression, while the bottom notch spreads apart under tension.

This idea isn’t new—it goes back thousands of years. The Romans and Mesopotamians built arches that used compression to ...

Students in Orcas Christian School’s Science Technology Engineering and Math class recently showcased their engineering prowess in a bridge design project that blended digital modeling with hands-on ...