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The Strength Of Triangles


  • Triangles are stronger than squares

This is often a statement that we learn as children and never really think about it's truth until later in life when we begin to notice that older bridges are constructed out of triangles or trussestriangles

At this link here is a quick minute long video on youtube where a person briefly demonstrates the strength of a triangle over a square.

  • Which triangles are strongest?
There are a few main triangles that we have to choose from, 
The triangles which are naturally the strongest are those that have equal sides, so, that is the equilateral triangle and the Isosceles triangle.

two sides whose lengths should be equal are the ones that meet in the center at a 90 degree angle. The breadth of the house in comparison to the length of the sides determines the pitch of the roof. This is commonly known as the rise over run or the slope of the roof.