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    AASHTO TRAC 2016-2017 Truss Bridge Challenge ‘Team Name: TRAC Triple Threst School: TRAC High School ‘Team members: Jordyn XXOOOXK (Team Captain) Brittany XXXXXK Samantha XOX Advisor: XXXXXXXX ‘Table of Contents ‘We first leamed sbout the TRAC Bridge Design and Build Challenge when someone came fo our school and gave a presentation about the yearly bridge challenge. ‘They gave us brochures, and told us about the highlights ofthe competition. It sounded like a good opportunity and we got excited and then formed a team. (Our first step was to start really planning out our bridge. We started with idea and ‘modified those ideas where we knew they were weak. We drew bridges and tested them ‘on computer programs like ModelSmart. The computer program helped us fo be more confident that we had all the components of a successful bridge. Next, we started making ‘our test bridge. We used the intemet to look at many different bridges. We feel that being Able to seea variety of bridges helped us to make our bridge better. Next, we dd litle bit ‘of testing. Our testing included looking at density's of different types of wood and testing ‘the strength to weight ratio calculation given tous in the rules for this competition, ‘Once we had a good idea of what our bridge should look like, we used the Beatley program to draw our bridge. It seemed like it took us forever to get the bridge onto the program, bu it just seemed that way. ‘The proposal eame next. The proposal was the longest part of al. Over the course ‘ofa couple weeks, we chipped away piece by piece and ereated this proposal. The proposal caused us to look deeper and reconsider some of our previous decisions. So far, we have learned lot, and are excited to lear more. We've had to work on ‘our own and we've had to schedule our own meetings, forcing us to be responsible. If we ‘were assigned individual pars, we had to have them done by the deadlines we set or risk disappointing other team members. We had to plan carefully and have a strategy. Not only di we have to develop this stateay, but we also had to follow it, We know this project wll benefit us greatly when wear older. We will already have ad experiences ‘hat othe kids will not have had. Pastciating is this challenge will etter prepare ws for ‘things like writing college essays, or even being able to complete deadlines for ajo. Introduction ‘Team Name: (Our team name is TRAC Triple Threat. We believe with the three of us working together, we willbe a competitive threat fo other teams, Our team captain is Jordyn, bu there is lite difference in our group between our eaptain and other members. We all worked equally hard to make our project a success. ‘Meet the Members: Jordyn: My family includes my sister, my mom and my dad. For the past four years Pve ‘been perfecting my skills at horseback riding and training, I's become a passion that live {orand I work toward getting beter and better. My other passion is music whether singing, playing the piano, or practicing my oboe, Tam always happy making melodies. 1 hhave been working hard and since third grade, 1am still maintaining a perfect 4.0 average. My biggest responsibility on this project was figuring out the Bentley program because ‘am really good at working for long periods und listening to directions. ‘Samantha: Iam fifteen years young. I was born in Chicago, Ilnois, and I éread going there every summer to visit family. My life basically consists of softball and basketball. 1 Jove competition. When {00 up, tll do not have any ea what I see myself dong, maybe something tht has to do with stars, My retest ears are buterfies, boats, sh and cancer. My biggest responsibilty was working onthe proposal bosause Iam very good at writing I belove family shoul always come frst. ove bright alors and sive to be different. © ‘Brittany: Iam fifteen yeats old, and I was bom on June twenty-fifth. [attend the TRAC High School and get mostly A’s and B's. Thave many hobbies like basketball and running | play basketball onthe freshman team. My biggest responsibilty was testing the bridge ‘and creating the graphs/charts because I am a creative thinker and I am good with computers, Together Soran worked more onthe bridge Bentley dain, while Sarantha worked mor on the proposal, nd Britany worked moron the chart, graphs and testing ven though we all ‘nad ousrngts and some weaknesses, weal helped each oer ou. No one dd any part, completely by themscves, Scienti ‘The scientitie principles behind our design include use of triangles, density of materials, and how forees act and react. We used a Jot of triangles because our teachers taught us that they are the most efficient geomettie shape. ‘We weighed cach piece of balsa wood to determine which weighed more because we ‘wanted to use the densest wood available tous, We als tested each piece of wood to see how easily it would bend. Finally, we went on the intemet and fooked up how forces affected a bridge. We leared that compression and tension are the two major forces. Compression is a fore that pushes ‘the bridge together. Tension pulls on the bridge and ties to stretch i, kind of lke how you pull on arubber band. ‘Thete i also a bending foree. When you apply aloud a the middle ofthe bridge the bridge want to “bend” and the ends try tit up, ‘Design Challenges “The biggest challenge hat ou team encountered was determining the exae bridge hat We ‘wore gong to build. We each dd research to determine what the best rss bridge would like look and we came up withthe diffrent ideas. We decided the soliton to this problem was to combine the best pat ofeach of our design oerete a singe bridge, The ‘ext problem that we encountered was to try to design the bridge in away tha allowed the testing rod to extend trough the entire height ofthe bridge. Once we solved these two problems, the rest ofthe design process went alot better. Data Tables and Graphs: Breaking Loads and Structure Weights Compared Sekfenge ifn clang ine ‘Things Tying gad sri tet [BREAKING LOAD OF BRIDGES IN POUNDS ie Fain eptine Elie Men emery = Maou Bale Wood: Mass 1704s, Volume: m3 Densiy: 170 glass lise Mass 7551. Volume: [3 Density: 75 ns ‘The pop ase ae more ang th tegen env: The pple stoi bese whe mre weit wile poli wile te bs Wood aad bees ‘where ht sks weg paling. ve_m aba ‘¥= Vera Deflsion Peace ts B= hae Mod oft Bean Merl = 185, 30 3 LeLeathofbam= 5° etl ofRean= 0125" Be WitherBeam 0125" Seve fr St -3375____, 33758 figs 300 Das OLS 7470-0 THO Raae V; V=18. 66158in. ‘One 18" long ee of asa wood ha a defection of 18.7 Ione pound weight ‘as placed the -10. Bentley Cad drawing: 3 Bry Ly aE TY ‘SIDE VIEW END VIEW TOP VIEW JOB: ath Grade TRAC Bridge WORKED ON: JUVE 7 DATE aiezoi2 HORIZONTAL SHEET: ' nae Place photos here!!tt ‘Testing and Resulting Improvements: ‘We tested out bridge on computer programs, and made practice bridges. We used past ‘experience and knowledge from the computer programs to improve our bridge. Some of ‘our improvements are keeping the weight out of the center of the bridge. Plus, we are _making our bridge complex with many triangles, but not to the point where the small parts ‘could not support themselves. We have observed new techniques by watching our peers ‘make and breek ther bridges. Ibis good to have triangles, but not too many of them, Building a bridge withthe weight in the center ofthe bridge is not good because the center is the part ofthe bridge that is east supported. We have observed the center i the place ‘most likely to break first. To counter act tis, ur bridges strongest point willbe inthe ‘contr. Solving Challenges: ‘We didn’t have many problems building our bridge because of our expetience fom our industrial ats class. The problems we did have were very minor, lke what our bridge should look lke. Our biggest problem was once again figuring out how to make the deck bridge. By looking at pictures of bridges, we were able to combine our ideas with theirs ‘and make ou bridge Work in a way that we think will Keep the deck strong. When we ‘came to problems, we did what we've done in the past and we pur our heads together aad found a way to overcome them. “1. c n and Recommendations Recommendations: Te we were todo this project again, we have recommendations of things we would do differently. Te first thing is we would change is that we would schedule our get-togethers a itl beter. Another thing that could be improved is that we would start litle earlier, ‘50 We could get a better jump oni. The lat thing we would change is that we would probably want to divide the project by what we know, and be specific on how we handle different components Succes Sofa, our bridge has been a succes. We have done almost everything we col think of tomke sue our ridge its stong es itcan be, We have tested ou ridge and improved it accordingly. We have stuck to a school and poten everthing ogeber We have worked though problems, nd succeded. The failures we iced didnot stop w, So we ae ready o contin inthe competition, and realy to try our hardest to crete @ good Power Point presentation What We Leamed: ‘We have lead a lot so fir, end have no doubt that we wl eam mae, We have ad to ‘wore on our ow for most ofthis competion and have had to be independent, We even ave had o schedule our avn meetings which made us more responsible, When athrs fled odo what hey were supposed to we ic to look for ways to make things work and ‘take tums taking the lead. We also had to get the parts done that we were assigned, if we ome ‘were assigned parts, we also set deadlines. We had to plan carefully and have a strategy. Participating in MDOT's bridge challenge will give us experiences that will put us far of other students our age and help us advance all throughout our lives. Acknowledgements Adults who Advised us: Mrs. Connor “Mr. Jankowski ‘Mrs, Connor agreed to be our advisor and made sure we had everything we needed 10 ‘complete the challenge. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ‘Mr. Jin Jankowski helped us with the MDOT Design and Bridge Build Challenge Ir Jankowski came to our elass ond teld us about the bridge nengram. He is one of our advisors and is available to answer questions about the program and how to design bridges. ‘Mrs. Connor answered questions and reviewed the proposal requirements with us. |We hereby certify thatthe majority ofthe ideas, design work, and other work was originated and performed by the students, with limited assistance by adults, as deseribed above. Team Members: S eaatias Samantha os Brittany a Jordyn Advisors ‘ Cadvet i Jim lankowski 7 Crm ‘Tammy Connor a Appendices] ‘Scheduling and Accomplishments ‘Timeline: ‘November- sign up, go over rules, and start proposel ‘January star talking about our design, do Bentley tutorial, and make the bridge drawing ‘February - Finish proposal, and put everything together ‘March & April - Build our final bridge! Schedule Management: Scheduling was done on a weekly basis assuming members had no conics. Ofen time members meta school andor worked independently, We ae all very buy soit was hard ‘o work round individual schedules, We often worked separately, but when we were together we wrote down dates and what was done. Meetings usualy started by discussing,

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