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Bridge
Design Competition
Developed
by the First Year Engineering Program faculty
at Ohio State University
(with support from the Gateway Engineering Education
Coalition and NSF)
Procedures:
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The
purpose of this competition is to provide you with a
structured activity that will allow you to work as a
team in a time-restricted project. The exercise is
designed to foster an ability to apply scientific and
engineering knowledge to a practical construction
problem. Hopefully, this will be a challenging but
enjoyable exercise. Each team will be expected to
design and fabricate a balsawood bridge to span a
distance of 10”.
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Use the PowerPoint
presentation, Introduction to the Bridge Competition, to
prepare the students for the project. The presentation
covers the following:
• An agenda for the bridge project introduction
• Background information on bridges
• Common forms of failure
• The project packet handout
• A review of the assignment
• A description of supplied materials
• Examples of past bridges
• Bridge testing procedure and apparatus
• Grade assessment criteria
• Resources
• Further assignment information
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Distribution of the Bridge Design Competition
Information Packets and the Bridge Project Memo
Guidelines
Distribute the information packet to the students. This
is a very thorough packet that includes all the
information they should need in order to complete the
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Handouts
Introduction to the Bridge Competition PowerPoint
Presentation
Bridge Project Memo Guidelines
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