Week 8 lab was really productive for
the team for being able to put all members ideas into a final design. Also it was a great opportunity for the team
to test different 2 feet bridge designs that were brainstormed. We were able to see main weaknesses and strength
of each design. The results from these
experimentations will be considered for the design and construction of the
final bridge design.
I had found this engineering design
project really interesting and enjoyable.
Each part of the module was has it’s own important significance and has
teach me really interesting and important basic knowledge about bridges. During the first part of the project when we
were able to play around with WPBD I was able to see what structures had a
successful strength. Also I was able to
play around with the building materials to be able to bring the cost down of
the bridge while keeping its strength.
During this process I was able to get a better understanding of what
structure designs seem to be more successful.
I learned that triangles do an excellent job distributing forces. It is important to consider the fact that
this are not the only forces a conditions to which a bridge has to
survive. We were then introduced a way
to be able to calculate the tension that each member of the bridge. It is important to mention that each method
and program used during this project had their own strengths and
limitations. Finally the most
challenging part of this lab was to actually put all of our ideas and knowledge
into designing a bridge that would have a good cost vs. strength ratio.
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