Engineering Projects/Bridges

Idea

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Bridges should be made by every engineer. There is a design competition that anyone can enter. Most model difficult bridges are made out of spaghetti. One contest pays up to $1500 to the winners.

This video comes hints how they made their bridge. It weighed around 2 pounds and held almost 1000 pounds attached to the center of the 1 meter span.

SubSystems

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  • Form for holding the spaghetti in place while gluing
  • Drying spaghetti in place
  • Computer controlled mechanism to break spaghetti bridges

Tutorials

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College/Universities

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Howard Community College