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Friday, 25 May 2018

Technology - Structures

This lesson at Technology we learnt about how structures work, types of structures and what is a structure




What is a a Structure

Structure is basically a type of object or building made out of multiple parts to support it.

So if we take a simple table for example, a table wouldn't be able to stand on it's own without the help of the pegs (the long thick sticks under the table).  

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Types of Structures

Shell Structure

Shell structure is the type where all the strength is on the outside and sometimes they are usually light. Lets take a plastic shopping bag for example, so a shopping bag works by holding your shopping's inside the bag with it being lightweight and strong.

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Frame Structure

My meaning of a frame structure is that types of materials in different shapes like beams or slabs are to support the load of something, like a house but there are some houses where it's not made out of a frame structure. If you watch some TV shows about house building or you just bust a hole in your wall you will mostly see wooden beams and that is the frame structure that is holding the load of our houses.

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Indiamart - Space Frame Structure


Natural Structures



My meaning for natural structures is stuff made by something other than humans, like Bees, Mountains, Nature, Leafs and a lot more. For example stuff like spider webs or honeycombs, they're not made by us humans but another type of species.

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