Eiffel Tower
By: Sammy Barsky 7B
The structure I chose is called the Eiffel Tower and it is
located in Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France.
The Eiffel Tower was the tallest man made structure at its
time. It is a major accomplishment that they built the tallest man made
structure at its time with iron which has been very uncommon because
most buildings at that time were made of stone. It is a frame structure
because it is made up of iron beams connected. The Eiffel tower weighs
10 000 tons. Each leg that makes up the base of it is 80 meters apart
from each other. The surface of the tower is streamline and it allows
wind to pass by it instead of making it sway back and forth which can
potentially damage the tower. The Eiffel Tower is made of wrote iron.
The Eiffel Tower is 324 meters tall. The loads that affect the structure
are tension and gravity. The tension can happen on the Eiffel Tower
when it is in the wind, and it might sway.
When the tower was first built it was designed to
demonstrate that iron is stronger and lighter than stone in a
contest in the World Fair Show. Also in 1909 the tower was nearly
destroyed because people didn’t have a purpose for it but they
decided to use the Eiffel Tower as a telecommunications tower. The
tower’s its form is great because it is tall and a landmark to Paris.
The Eiffel Tower also suites it’s function as a telecommunications
tower very well because it is very tall.
The End
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