Monday, November 11, 2013

Personal Bridge Reflection (due Wednesday at the beginning of class)

Watch the video

Answer the following
  1. How much did your bridge hold?
  2. How much did it cost, and how did you minimize your costs?
  3. What is the mass of your bridge (using a scale)?  Convert to kg.
  4. Calculate the force weight of the bridge, and the force weight of the load applied.
  5. Calulate a ratio to show me the strength of the bridge (load/bridge)
  6. Using the member data sheet, which bridge member held the greatest load? How do you know?
  7. Can a member experience both compression and tension? Explain.
  8. IS your bridge model a good fit for the bridge you made in the program? Why or why not?
  9. Draw a force diagram for your bridge when the truck is on the left-hand side of the structure.
  10. How does friction matter in this project?
  11. Explain why a truss bridge is more common than a cable-stayed bridge over small creeks.
  12. What have you reinforced in this project about statics, force diagrams, angles, and vectors.

This entire sheet should be 1-2 pages long, hand-written or typed.  If you hand-write it, take a picture and upload to Google Drive.  Either way, share the docs with me at marciarpowellATgmailDOTcom

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