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Week 1 - 3 Posters

Vertical Stability - Week 3

CARD TOWER

Material 

• Deck of cards
• Paper Clip

Final Design

In order to build up the highest tower which can withstand the blow test, we decided to design a tower using playing cards and paper clips. The design chosen by the group is a triangulated tower with a base that surrounds the main tower to give it some structural support so that when blown, it won't easily collapse.

The triangulated base supports as a base to secure the cards onto the ground firmly. The cards are then joined together in a triangular shape by paper clips. The reason why a triangular shape is chosen is so that more cards can be used to stack up making the tower taller.

When the tower was blown gently, the tower only swayed a little. But as soon as a huge blow was given, the tower collapse.

Horizontal Span - Week 2

Exercise 2: Horizontal Span

SATE STICKS
Material

• Skewers
• Hot glue gun

Final Design:

We decide to make a design as shown above so that the 'bridge' can hold a huge amount of load when applied. beside that, it is also quite appealing aesthetic wise.

The outcome is successful as it can withstand a few bag of papers as well as 2 people.

 SATE STICKS AND RUBBER BAND

Material

• Skewers
• Rubber band

Final Design:

The design chosen for 2nd experiment is as shown above because that with the bridge can stay balance even if there is a heavy load applied.

The outcome of the experiment is a failure. Evn though it didn't collapse, but as more load is added, the design started tilting to one side.

 PAPER BRIDGE

Material

• Paper

Final Design:

The design for the paper bridge is a similar to that the first experiment design except this time, instead of a spring, the inside of the paper is rolled paper stuffed in as many as possible, with the hope that it can withstand the heavy load.

The outcome is quite a success. The form of the paper was deformed due to great amount of compression load applied.