Exercise 1: Horizontal Support
Materials:
SATE STICK AND RUBBER BAND ANCHOR BRIDGE
Materials:
At the end, the design succeed the experiment.
SATE STICK BRIDGE
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.
Structure with 4 bag of paper
The outcome is a failure because the design is not long enough for the sides of the design to sit properly on the tables.
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 2 bag of paper
Structure with 2 bag of paper
Structure collapse
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.
PAPER BRIDGE
Materials:
- Paper
- Tray
Final Design:
The paper design we made is wrapped up by more than 20 paper. it is design as shown above because we believe that by adding a few inside rolled paper, it will give the papers a more firm 'bridge'.
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
At the end, the design succeed the experiment.