Thursday 10 March 2016

Week 1 Experiment

Making Structural Bridge

Experiment 1

Materials:
  • Skewers
  • Hot glue gun
  • Tray
Final Design:

The design we decide on is this 'span bridge'. The reason being for the force of the load to act on the centre and give a balance so that the 'bridge' won't collapse. 



Resulting Video:


The outcome is a failure because the design is not long enough for the sides of the design to sit properly on the tables.

Experiment 2

Materials:

  • Skewers
  • Elastic Band
  • Tray
Final Design:



This design is used because we believe that this type of 'truss bridge' would hold up the load firmly.

Testing Process:

Structure with only 1 bag of paper


Structure wih 2 bag of paper

Structure collapse
Resulting Video:

In reality, the design could not withstand the load because the rubber joints did not join the skewers firmly, causing the bridge to collapse to one side.
 Experiment 3

Materials:


  • Paper
  • Tray
Final Design:


The paper design we made is wrapped up by more than 20 papers. It is design as shown above because we believe that by adding a few springs inside the rolled paper, it will give the papers a more firm 'bridge'.

Testing Process:
Structure with 2 bag of paper

Structure with 3 bag of paper

Structure with 4 bag of paper

Due to the structure not collapsing, a force 
is given in order for it to collapse

Resulting Video:

At the end, the design succeed the expoeriment.




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