A River Over A River In Germany

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A River Over A River In Germany

Have you ever seen a Water Bridge over a river?

Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe!
Water Bridge in Germany. What a feat!


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Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long...

now this is engineering!
This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany, as part of the unification project. It is located in the city of Magdeburg, near Berlin.
The photo was taken on the day of inauguration.


To those who appreciate engineering projects, here's a puzzle for you armchair


Engineers and Physicists.
Did that bridge have to be designed to withstand the additional weight of ship and barge traffic, or just the weight of the water?
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Answer:
It only needs to be designed to withstand the weight of the water!

Why?

A ship always displaces an amount of water that weighs the same as the ship,
regardless of how heavily a ship may be loaded.

 

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Mkuu,

Nilifikiri umenidanganya. Imebidi niingie GOOGLE EARTH na kuhakikisha. Sijawahi kusikia kabisa hii kitu ila naona itakuwa bado mpya kabisaa.

Swali lako naona inabidi Archmedes Principal ziwe kichwani.

Asante kwa kutupasha habari. Wageruman naona wanatesa sana na hii aina ya Zege wanayotumia kujenga. Hata Railway Statio yao, ukiona vinguzo vidogo wala huamini Matrain yanakuja na kusimama hapo. Na kibaya zaidi yanakuja na kufunga break ambapo yanatengeneza mitetemoko na horizontal forces zinazopingana na fricton ya Train kufunga break.

Ngoja nikimbie, ntakuja kesho nipate shule zaidi ya uzito unaobebwa na daraja maana bado sijaridhika na hilo jibu.
 
Mkuu,

Nilifikiri umenidanganya. Imebidi niingie GOOGLE EARTH na kuhakikisha. Sijawahi kusikia kabisa hii kitu ila naona itakuwa bado mpya kabisaa.

Swali lako naona inabidi Archmedes Principal ziwe kichwani.

Asante kwa kutupasha habari. Wageruman naona wanatesa sana na hii aina ya Zege wanayotumia kujenga. Hata Railway Statio yao, ukiona vinguzo vidogo wala huamini Matrain yanakuja na kusimama hapo. Na kibaya zaidi yanakuja na kufunga break ambapo yanatengeneza mitetemoko na horizontal forces zinazopingana na fricton ya Train kufunga break.

Ngoja nikimbie, ntakuja kesho nipate shule zaidi ya uzito unaobebwa na daraja maana bado sijaridhika na hilo jibu.
Sawa mkuu nimekupata, ila sometimes think positive mkuu ni ushauri tu.
 
hili jambo la kwaida tu,hakuna kipya hata sisi mbona tunaruka usiku bwana tena kwa dakika chache tunasafiri miles kibao!!!
 
hili jambo la kwaida tu,hakuna kipya hata sisi mbona tunaruka usiku bwana tena kwa dakika chache tunasafiri miles kibao!!!

kusema ukweli kabisaaaaaaa hili jambo bwana ni ajabu mimi sijawahi kuona ndio nalipata hapa.
mkuu asante kwa kutuletea hii hapa naamini imewafumbua wengi
 
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