Ten100: Chapter 12 Assignment
8 Questions
| Attempts: 104
Questions and Answers
- 1.Why do people in Dubai want to build a super-tall structure in their city?
- 2.What limited the height of the structure in the Middle Ages?
- 3.What manufacturing breakthrough led to the development of taller structure in the 1800's?
- 4.Why is it necessary for Bill to design the Burj Dubai so that it "confuses" the wind?
- 5.Is concrete better at minimizing the effects of compression or tension? What is special about the concrete that Bill is using as construction material for the Burj Dubai?
- 6.How does the Burj Dubai reflect a New Urbanist's approach to city planning?
- 7.Sometimes designs are inspired by art or things of social importance. The Burj Dubai, for instance, was designed after a ________________ native to the Dubai region.
- 8._______________ is a force that results in the deformation of an object such that the object's parallel planes move past one another.
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