Friday, April 27, 2012

A2- McSorley

1.) The design of my bridge is a straight Truss bridge with triangles used throughout the design of the whole bridge. I decided to use this flat bridge design because I knew the loading apparatus needed to have an 8" flat surface to sit on and I wanted to keep the cost at its minimal. Instead of making the bridge sturdier by adding supports on the top or the bottom, I will use the money to make sure my bridge is very sturdy in its body.

2.) Elevation View:

3.) Plan View:


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5.) During design, my bridge changed in that it is a lot smaller than I would have thought in the beginning. This is due to the cost of the bridge, adding all the pieces made the cost sky rocket, so I decided to try "less is best".

6.) I learned that in the end, the hardest this about making a bridge is keeping the cost reasonable. This is what my team mates and I struggled with the most this week when trying to find the best design.

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