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Topic: Bridge Contest
started by: chmod

Posted by chmod on Oct. 11 2001,00:18

< http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/download.htm >

Try it, it's fun. Design and build your own bridge, then watch it collapse as the truck falls in the water when you load-test it.

Posted by CatKnight on Oct. 11 2001,00:53

my emech prof will love this

Posted by EvilGenius on Oct. 11 2001,00:58

neat...

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Posted by whiskey@throttle on Oct. 11 2001,01:41

not a contest, but I still love it:
< http://www.chroniclogic.com/Pfx.html >

Posted by Rhydant on Oct. 11 2001,02:23

i built a small bridge out of toothpicks and glue that held a small asian girl (~100 lbs)

i won the contest, and got an A. w0rd.

Posted by miNus on Oct. 11 2001,02:28

We had a bridge building contest back in my 7th grade technology class.

"Technology" class... really doesn't get more generic than that.

Anyway, they were made out of balsa wood sticks, and we could only use a certain amount of materials. I got 2nd place overall. I was in 1st place the whole first day of the testing, then there was one kid who didn't get to go, and he beat me by like .5 pounds, the bastard.

Oh, vey. I think it was like 45 pounds or something.

Posted by Observer on Oct. 11 2001,12:55

I also had a Technology class in 9th grade. Our bridge-building ptoject was very poorly organized. At the start, we were provided with good hardwoods for building materials. As time progressed, the supply for the class was replenished with Pine.

I was accused of cheating by some of my classmates because I drilled and pinned the joints with toothpicks instead of just using glue. But since the guidelines were very vague, there wasn't much they could do. For instance, when I asked what the road bed had to be made from, the instructor said, "I don't care." A piece of 3/4" steel would have made a nice roadbed. I should also mention that the weight of the bridge was never a criterion for the project.

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Posted by Dark Knight Bob on Oct. 11 2001,20:41

in year six i got a peice of A3 paper to withstand something redidculous like 35kg+ it would have taken more but we ran out of weights. who needs crappy special design when you just use the papers natural tension.

i.e just hang it from each end of 2 tables sticking it down really tightly

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Posted by chmod on Oct. 11 2001,20:42

quote:
Originally posted by whiskey@throttle:
not a contest, but I still love it:
< http://www.chroniclogic.com/Pfx.html >

cool, I just beat the game... but I still love sending the train to its watery grave beneath the formerly-intact bridge

Posted by DeadAnztac on Oct. 11 2001,21:11

Did a balsa bridge thing in my class in 8th grade, also under the guise of "Industrial Technology". We might as well have been working with toothpicks, the balsa was 1/4th of an inch thick. Previous years we had used Pine or something else, but apparently we weren't this year. Well, I won in my class, 50 pounds with that shitty shitty balsa, I was proud, the closest was 30 pounds.

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Posted by Hellraiser on Oct. 12 2001,00:25

Heh, whats the lowest cost you can get for a 48 metre suspension bridge in WPBD?

I was able to get it down to well less than ป.3G in a couple of hours or so of playing.

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This message has been edited by Hellraiser on October 12, 2001 at 09:06 PM

Posted by StanVanDam on Oct. 12 2001,18:48

I did this in Grade 10, for Science 10 class. We were limited to 50 popsicle sticks. I was one of the highest in the class, mine held 40 pounds. I used carpenters glue and clamped the sticks together overnight.