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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

GTEP acknowledges original contributions made to the
development of this book by:

Jim Sage Geoff Wake
Roger Smith
Mel Tennant
Alan Lazell
Peter Webb
Julian Williams
Steve Haigh
Kylie Poulton
David Baldwin
Wendy Smith
Helen Taylor
Alan Jarvis
Richard Tufnell
Unilab EMA
Richard Pickard
Trevor Woods
John Cave
Design and layout by Peter Stense

  Introduction to Structures

1. Designing and making a shelving system
2. Kite engineering: designing and making a kite using advanced materials
3. Frames in space (1)
4. Frames in space (2)
5. High tech lamps
6. Designing and making with pre-coated metal

STUDY FILES
1. The design checklist
2. Communication
3. Tensile strength of materials
4. Stiffness of different sections
5. Measuring deflection of beams
6. Measuring force in struts and ties
7. Measuring and improving stability in structures
8. Structures design checklist
9. Design brief: portable table
10. Design brief: monitor stand
11. Design brief: disabled person's bath hoist
12. The structures research frame (SRF)
13. Stress, strain and elastic modulus
14. Hookes Law: a science investigation
15. Defining terms
16. Useful engineering data
17. Maths help

TEACHERS' NOTES


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