ASU- Bridge Design Questions Day 3
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1. Define the following and give an example of each of the following (slides 2-4)
*Experiments
*Models
*Systems
2. Draw a diagram that shows the components of the bridge system, establishes the boundary, and
identifies the surroundings that you and your group created. (slide 5)
3. Describe the bridge system that you and your group created with particular attention to (a) its
functionalities, (b) how the different components interact with each other and (c) how the bridge system
behaves. (slide 5)
4. Summarize the engineering process or Product Design. (Slide 6)
5. Explain what verification and validation is and how they are used. (slides 7-8)
6. Describe what a bridge model could be, by identifying the input variables and output responses. (slide
9)
7. Identify the characteristics of each input variable. Describe how you would obtain the values of these
variables. (slide 9)
8. Identify the characteristics of each output response. What is the purpose of each output response?
(slide 9)
9. Give examples of engineering processes and products? (slide 9)
10. Describe the linkages between experiments and modeling. (slide 9)
9. Slides 10-21 summarize a case study. Summarize, to the best of your ability, the experiment that was
being tested.
10. Define the following (provide an equation if applicable):
*Sample Size
*Mean/Average
*Median
*Standard Deviation
11. Write a few sentences on the quality of the thickness and width data for the steel plate.
12. Normal distribution is often called bell curve. Are there other types of distribution? (slides 23-24)
Challenge Question- Identify and rank the effect of the random variables in the equation for tip deflection.