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This page was on my portfolio site briefly, but I decided to pull it out of the archives (my cd back ups) and put it on my personal site. Working in a group of four, we were to design a bridge that could span 8 feet and hold three people. No member of the bridge could be longer than five feet in length or have a cross sectional area of more than half an inch. The goal was to develop the lightest bridge possible that could carry the three person load. Working with Elizabeth Rajala, Nini O`Kiersey and Rachel Krouse, it took one week to build the bridge. This was a project for our Structures class in winter quarter of 2005. | |
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bridge was only 3.5" wide and 6" tall. |
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The
bridge under construction. |
Elizabeth
walks across the bridge. |
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The
bridge broke once I stepped onto it. The bridge weighed 7 pounds,
9 ounces and supported 300 pounds before breaking. It held 39
times its own weight. Our team name was Bridge Improvement and
I was dressed up in plaid like Al Borland. |
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