Reflection on Bridge Building
- How much did your bridge hold?
- How much did it cost, and how did you minimize your costs?
- What is the mass of your bridge?
- Calculate the force weight of the bridge, and the force weight of the load applied.
- Calulate a ratio to show me the strength of the bridge (load/bridge)
- Using the member data sheet, which bridge member held the greatest load? How do you know?
- Can a member experience both compression and tension? Explain.
- IS your bridge model a good fit for the bridge you made in the program? Why or why not?
- Draw a force diagram for your bridge when the truck is on the left-hand side of the structure.
- How does friction matter in this project?
- What have you learned in this project about statics, force diagrams, angles, and vectors.
This entire sheet should be 1-2 pages long, hand-written or typed, and due on Monday, November 8.
