Emma Bainbridge

2015

Bridge

First bridge

I built the 2 sides, the roadbed, and the under hang. After that I
connected them together. The joints though didnt fit the way I had
planned, so I had to go back and figure out a way to make them
connect. This bridge weight 17.4 grams.

bridge #1 break.MOV

During this video you can see that it have

compressional force
The bridge twisted when we added weight
On one side of the roadbed the members
snapped in a straight line
The joints on the top of the bridge werent
strong

Top of
bridge that
broke
because
joints

Where members
broke on roadbed

Second Bridge
On my second bridge I decided to take out my
roadbed. As you can tell in the pictures I made a
more elaborate design on the sides. On my design I
had 2 road beds but once I started building I
decided that it was not the best option. While
building this I focused more on connecting the
joints. It weighed only 11.2 grams.

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My bridge had compressional force

Before testing my bridge was crooked but
when we added weight it flattened out
The joints at the roadbed did not hold
together
It held 5 kg/ 10lbs
The engineering efficiency was 446 on my
second bridge and my first bridge was 402