Monday, April 30, 2012

A1- Varghese

2D image - Drawing Board View

Truck in the Middle of the Bridge

Load Test Results

As seen in the Drawing Board View, my design has a rectangular outline. First, I started out with a Through truss - Pratt template as a base. I figured that a rectangle would be the perfect balance in preventing the bridge from collapsing so I expanded the template. The final bridge cost came out to be approximately $448,370. Once I become more acquainted with the bridge design program and experiment different types of steel and different angles for a better design I expect the cost to decrease by about $100,000. An effective technique I learned was to keep the outer and inner edge of the design to oppose each other, which will cause the bridge to counterbalance. 


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