cable-stayed
Diagonal wires support
Cable-stayed describes a type of bridge where the deck is supported by cables running directly from one or more towers to the roadway.
Unlike suspension bridges, where cables hang in curves between towers, cable-stayed bridges have straight cables radiating from the tower like the spokes of a fan: The cable-stayed bridge spans the harbor with elegant simplicity.
Heavy ropes or wires
- staysRemains in place
- tensionStretched or strained state
- loadCarried weight or burden
- compressionForcing into smaller space
support · mast · fan · harp · radial · parallel · backstay · forestay
Temporary halt or exclusion
- spanDistance between endpoints
- deckShip's flat surface
- pylonSupporting structure for wires
- towerTall slender edifice
anchorage · roadway · viaduct · crossing · overpass · infrastructure · engineering · cantilever
Purposeful creative planning
- aerodynamicsPhysics of air motion
- windAir current outdoors
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- dampingDissipation of vibrational energy
oscillation · flutter · fatigue · stress · analysis · dynamics · vibration · monitoring
Act of building upward
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- installationProcess of putting in
- craneLifter or wader
- segmentDistinct part of whole
cantilever · formwork · concrete · steel · prefabricated · assembly · lifting · staging
cables
Heavy ropes or wires
compression · support · mast · fan · harp · radial · parallel · backstay · forestay · diagonal
suspension
Temporary halt or exclusion
tower · anchorage · roadway · viaduct · crossing · overpass · infrastructure · engineering · cantilever · girder
design
Purposeful creative planning
- aerodynamicsPhysics of air motion
- windAir current outdoors
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
damping · oscillation · flutter · fatigue · stress · analysis · dynamics · vibration · monitoring · sensors
erection
Act of building upward
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- installationProcess of putting in
- craneLifter or wader
segment · cantilever · formwork · concrete · steel · prefabricated · assembly · lifting · staging · incremental
- bridgesGolden Gate Bridge, London Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, Tower Bridge, Bay Bridge
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- concreteconcrete mixer, concrete pour, concrete slabs, concrete beams, concrete columns
cable-stayedunsupported
Lacking backing or proof
arch · beam · self-supporting · suspension · cantilever