Willi? ...and others who have been to this part of Germany?

[Bricktop]

That would only be valid I believe if the displaced water overflows...

If the bridge water was enclosed that would be true. It's not. The level of the river would not change no matter what size ship you have. No additional support is necessary. Campion you say

[Muadib]

Where does it say that the bridge water is not enclosed ??

In anycase that is irrelevant to what weight the bridge has to support

At at point time (t) the bridge contains X tons of water and X tons of Ships.

That bridge better be able to support X tons of Water + X tons of Ship oddawise dawg nyam yuh suppah...

To bring it down to your level, pretend that the Ice-Man froze the water inna di bridge an any point in time.. what weight is the bridge supporting ?

Before yuh continue, yuh haffi state wha high school yuh did guh...

[Bricktop]

Where does it say that the bridge water is not enclosed ??

An enclosed river? When the water is displaced in a river it is spread over the rivers length. A river is not enclosed (duh) therefore the water level will not change. I won't even comment on the rest of your rubbish. Damn fool.

[Muadib]

River ?

Where does it say it is a River ???

Yuh can read ?

Beyond that I don't even see the relevance, displacement takes time to spread.. in any time (t) which can be measured in milliseconds you will have to account for the mass at a point (x) and the gravity acting on it..

What happen.. di Engineers nuh believe ship can sink ?

Unnuh muss work fi NWA...

LOL !

[Marcus]

Anxiously waiting on the conclusion to this.

Karl you need to bring closure to this....since you start it.

[Bricktop]

What happen.. di Engineers nuh believe ship can sink ?

If the ship sank in your scenario then the bridge would be bearing extra weight. Hush, I guess Archimedes was no friend of yours

[Muadib]

This has nothing to do with water displacement.

Water can be displaced in a bucket.

The only way for this to work is if the water displaced is removed from the bridge, the level of water in the 'bridge' must not change...

Additionally if a ship sinks the water level has to drop to account for this..

Yuh have eediat ah talk about astronaught practising in pool.. apparantly they are weightless.. tell that to the pool support structure...

LOL !

[Muadib]

The conclusion does not need to wait on Karl.

If the design is able to maintain a constant level of water when ships are traversing the designers do not have to account for the ship or cargo weight in the load bearing structural design.

If the design is not able to remove the displaced water to maintain a constant level then you have to account for the weight of the ship and cargo and water.

[Peter R]

That was a question (or one very much like it) in my first form Physics book! That I could answer but I think standing back and reading this thread is more than enough entertainment for one evening...who need TV??

[Peter R]

But wait?? The first part nu de same as what Brickie say fuss?

[Marcus]

The conclusion does not need to wait on Karl.

If the design is able to maintain a constant level of water when ships are traversing the designers do not have to account for the ship or cargo weight in the load bearing structural design.

If the design is not able to remove the displaced water to maintain a constant level then you have to account for the weight of the ship and cargo and water.

Yu realize yu change course ? right.....

[Marcus]

That was a question (or one very much like it) in my first form Physics book! That I could answer but I think standing back and reading this thread is more than enough entertainment for one evening...who need TV??

More like fourth form.......or a because my generation did duh " Integrated Science" first to third form.

Wondah which form dem start Physics at Campion ??

[Mosiah]

erm...duh...how much air weigh again?

[Karl]

Where does it say that the bridge water is not enclosed ??

In anycase that is irrelevant to what weight the bridge has to support

At at point time (t) the bridge contains X tons of water and X tons of Ships.

That bridge better be able to support X tons of Water + X tons of Ship oddawise dawg nyam yuh suppah...

To bring it down to your level, pretend that the Ice-Man froze the water inna di bridge an any point in time.. what weight is the bridge supporting ?

Before yuh continue, yuh haffi state wha high school yuh did guh...

This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany

[Mosiah]

Unnu mek it difficult eh?

What's all this "if" about? You have seen the situation. There is no "if" in the solution. But I understand - you are trying to cover all the bases so one or the other, you're right!