Understanding the World's Greatest Structures: Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity
Building Across—Beams and Bending
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Beams, combining tension and compression, are central to the second aspiration supported by engineering: building across long distances. As you survey beams from the primitive lintel over the Lion Gate at Mycenae to Norway's Raftsundet Bridge, you'll investigate scientific developments and transform your understanding of what makes this structural element possible.