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OXFORD PROJECTS
OBJECTIVES, CONTENTS AND METHODOLOGIES OF OXFORD PROJECTS
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Interactive activities. Creating and checking theories.
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Searching information online.
Watching video.
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Image analysis.
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Text analysis (newspaper and academic articles)
SECTIONS
OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS
METHODOLOGIES
Structures
Identify different structural elements: lintel, vault, flying buttresses, buttresses, pillar, arch
and beam
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Concepts:
lintel, vault, flying buttress, buttress, pillar, arch and beam
Types of stress
Analyse the type of stress acting on a body
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Analyse different types of stress
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Concepts:
deformation, stress, types of stress: compression, traction, bending, cutting, torsion
Stress in bridges
Analyse the types of stress acting on bridges
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Analyse the influence of certain factors on the stability of a bridge (existence of pillars,
length of bridge)
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Concepts: analysis of stresses on bridges
Solutions in bridges
Identify different types of bridges
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Analyse the stability of a bridge according to its structural elements arch, suspenders,
triangulations, brace
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Concepts:
arch, suspenders, triangulations, brace suspension bridge
Project guide
Identify the structural elements of a bridge. Find out logical order in which they must be
placed in position
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Analyse the stresses acting on a bridge
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Objectives, contents and methodologies of Oxford Projects
