As the title states, how do wooden bridges hold the weight of trains?
I’m specifically speaking of steam locomotives in the late 1800s.
I know there is some sort of engineering involved, and I know there’s a lot of wooden beams and some sort of science behind the angles and supports but I just don’t get it and I would like to understand.
Thank you!
In: Engineering
The engineers know how much force a given beam can sustain. And as long as you design the structure in a way that the forces exerted on it never exceed what it can handle, everything is fine.
This applies to any building material. Weather it be wood, steel, concrete, or anything else
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