The prior week, we were able to actually start using the Knex and play around with them to get used to how they connect and how they work. Our group decided to start building our bridges out of the Knex pieces provided, and I personally was able to make a bridge that will be the base of my design.
My teammates and I agreed to continue working on our designs the next week using Knex. We hope to actually make a bridge and test it out. We also agreed to take the best parts of our individual bridges and combine them so we can make the best bridge. We will also start making improvements on our new bridge to make it even stronger.
The major accomplishment this week was that we were able to design our own bridges using the actual materials we will use in the competition. We were also able to think of designs of our own bridge so we can make improvements in the upcoming week.
There were no issues this week. We were able to work on our own designs while working together as a whole suggesting ideas on how to improve our bridges. I guess the only problem we have right now is making a strong bridge that is cheap and yet holds a lot of weight.
The similarities between the West Point Bridge Design program and the Knex is that the elevation of the bridge can look exactly the same. If I make a random bridge out of Knex, I will probably be able to design the same looking bridge on West Point Bridge Design. It will also work the other way around also, but this will only be true from the elevation view. It can look completely different in the plan view. For example, you can have cross sections at the top of the bridge but this cannot be expressed by the West Point Bridge Design Program. You can also have a third layer of the elevation view instead of just two expressed by the program. These will produce differences from the program to the Knex structures.
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