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Materials: Conclusion:
● 1/8th inch Balsa Wood ● Our objective was somewhat met: we
● Wood Glue built a bridge that could hold the
allotted weight, but we didn’t meet
the ideal strength to weight ratio of 1.
Schematic Design:
● Our design was accurate enough to
Our bridge’s basic
hold 11 scoops of sand; 12 pounds:
Our completed bridge. Our bridge on breaking
structure pieces
day,
our bridge weighed 13.9 grams, with
a strength to weight ratio of 0.8.
● Our original design was mostly
successfully recreated, except for
minor alterations with the angles of
our interior wood pieces being
slightly off.
Acknowledgements/ References:
https://sites.google.com/site/ryangeorgeen
gineering/balsa-wood-bridge