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Physics Bridge Project 2013
Due May 21
Dimensions: Span at least 24 – 36 inches
No wider than 8 inches (can be thinner)
No taller than 18 inches
Can have no more than 4 layers of lasagna noodles in one section
The bridge must be self supporting and weigh less than 5 pounds. It must be designed
to rest on lab stools that are placed a minimum of 22 inches for testing.
Materials: store bought pasta
Elmers Glue or hot glue
Each bridge must hold a minimum of 5 lbs for 5 minutes.
Bridge
500pts
Multimedia Bridge Diary May 11
100pts
Bridge Vocabulary Due May 7
100 pts
Bridge Vocab Quiz on Study Island
Load Combination Worksheet
100 pts
100 pts
History of Bridges and Discussion
Questions
May 18
Or Produce a Physics Review Board
West Point Bridge Schematic May 17
200 pts
Bridge Schematic Due May 14th
100 pts
100 pts
10 pts
Lowest Mass to load ratio
Up to 5 pts
Style of bridge beam = 0 pts
Arched bridge
= 2 pts
Suspension bridge = 5 pts
Helpful websites:
http://quizlet.com/10902497/bridge-vocabulary-flash-cards/
http://service.columbia.k12.mo.us/15tla01/bridge-vocabulary/
http://www.jhu.edu/virtlab/bridge/truss.htm
http://teachersites.schoolworld.com/webpages/JPrice2/files/Bridge%20Designs.pdf
http://civil.camosun.bc.ca/spaghetti_bridge/Tips.htm
http://www.historicbridges.org/
http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/bridges/nrwasb/sign.html
http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/bridges/bridloc.html
http://bridgehunter.com/
http://www.jillhubbard.com/engineering/bridge-design-lessons/truss-bridges-vocabulary
http://www.cheney268.com/MSMath/Gillett/Bridges/resources.htm
http://spaghettibridgedesigns.com/
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Bridge
http://www.ask.com/web?l=sem&ifr=1&qsrc=999&ad=semA&an=google_s&q=spaghett
i%20bridge%20designs&siteid=15148&o=15148&ar_uid=B690A10B-F850-405B-9836F7C71E6124C6&click_id=1811A9DB-9349-4CC4-A039-9FDDE0B2957C
http://42explore.com/bridge.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/vt2/techedquincy/pasta_bridge_project.pdf
Vocabulary
Abutment
Arch bridge
Beam bridge
Cantilever bridge
Cable stay bridge
culvert
Bridge cable
Catenary
Compression
Dead load
Deck
Deck truss
Expansion joint
Girder
Howe truss
King truss
Load
Live load
Thermal load
Lattice
Parapet
Pier
Pile or pillar
Pony truss
Pylon
stay
Shear
torsion
Through truss
Trestle
Truss
Aqueduct
Tension
Cable-stayed bridge
Pontoon bridge
Bascule bridge
Deck
Multimedia Bridge Diary Instructions
This must be a powerpoint featuring a minimum of 2 different bridges from the 7 types of
bridges. Along with a picture of the 12 bridges you must include the following
information.
Location, designer, date the bridge was built, type of bridge, length
Points will be given for completion of information and creativity on the powerpoint.
Discussion Questions:
1. What forces act on bridges?
2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of each of the six types of bridges?
3. What situations would require each of the seven types of bridges?
Arch Bridge-
Truss Bridge-
Cable-Stay Bridge-
Suspension Bridge-
Beam Bridge-
Cantilever Bridge-
Pontoon Bridges-
4. What is a draw-bridge? What are its advantages?
5. What are expansion joints and why are they used?
6. What was the Tay bridge disaster and why did it occur?
7. What is the longest bridge in the world and where is it located?
8. What was the first covered bridge in the United States and where was it located?
9. What is the longest bridge over water in the United States and where is it
located?
10. What materials were the first bridges made of?
11. What are the most popular or efficient materials for modern bridge designs?
12. What material replaced wrought and cast iron in bridge building and why?
13. What is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the US and where is it located?
14. What is a girder bridge? An I beam? Why would you use them?
15. When and where was the first iron bridge built.
16. What is the longest bridge over ice covered water? Where is it located.
17. What is the world’s highest bridge and its location?
18. Describe the Royal Gorge Bridge.
19. What is the advantage of a truss bridge over a simple beam bridge?
20. What is resonance and what did it have to do with the Tacoma Narrows bridge?
Explain.
21. Name and describe at least three types of loads that must be considered in bridge
construction? Example: live load
22. Compare and contrast a beam bridge and an arch bridge. List 3 ways they are
similar and three ways they are different.
24.Sketch the Howe Kingpost design, Through Truss, Deck Truss, Pratt truss.
23. There are 7 different types of loads that can affect a bridge. Name and describe
each. ( goto Building Big-Forces Lab Site)
Use this site for questions 26-30.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/build.html
26. How do the abutments support arch bridges?
27. Discuss the issues related to span in beam bridges.
28a. What are the advantages of using pre-stressed concrete?
b. Briefly describe the elaboration process.
29. What are the main differences between Cable-Stayed bridges and
Suspension bridges?
30. What are some of the advantages of Cable-Stayed bridges over other
types of Suspension bridges?