The following are the answers to questions having to do with the spaghetti bridge challenge project done in Physics class.
1. I found the performance during the actual competition day the most rewarding part of this whole experience. It did quite well and held far more mass then we all thought it would. It was a sure sign that all the work and gluing we did was worth it.
2. Our bridge design (while not the strongest possible design) came out second overall holding 32.2 grams per gram! It was quite strong. This was mostly due to the bunch clusters used for the skeleton of our bridge and the arches. They kept our bridge going respectably beyond minimum mass to be supported.
3. The best bridge made was so good because it had a taller vertical support bridge (or something). It held the bridge up using a square frame which focused less on the strength beneath the wooden block itself and more on something akin to cables. We should have done something like that. Ours was more so just a horizontal platform and could have held up a lot more.
4. Try planning out what you are going to glue first and maybe do it all in one sitting because the glue takes a really long time to dry. One cannot assemble the pieces until they are dry so plan things out. Also bring wax paper so as not to get glue stuck everywhere.
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| Our Bridge (Jeff Bridges). |
