This week in class we worked on our WPBD bridge designs. We compared designs and analyzed trying to make each others designs cheaper, stronger, and more efficient. We came across some problems with force and compression ratios. We were able to help each other fix these problems. In week 3 we will be taking the best parts of each of our designs and trying to make one really good bridge design.
For week's 3 class we were asked to prepare three questions for Mr. Jay Bhatt that are specific to bridges for which we think he may provide assistance finding useful resources. Each group member was also required to submit their result of the west point bridge design.
Questions to ask the Engineering Librarian, Jay Bhatt
How are the books organized in the library? Are all the engineering books together and then grouped according to concentration? For example, would all books on bridges be in the same general area with maybe other civil and architectural engineering books? Or are all books organized with the Dewey Decimal System?
Are there books that are based off of or written by certain companies? By bridge building companies or other construction companies that could give us information on their methods of building strong bridges?
I know that when doing research on the library website we can narrow down our search to scholarly research depending on topics, but is it possible to actually narrow down the search to bridges? I am aware that it can be narrowed down to engineering, and if it can be narrowed down to bridges can it be further narrowed to a certain type of bridge like truss bridges?
1) How can I find resources to find out about the success of low-cost, safe bridges?
2) Where can I find information regarding how to make exceptional bridge designs in the WPBD software that I am somewhat inexperienced with?
3)How will we be able to successfully search for a specific type of bridge (truss) without getting all the different types of bridges that we don't want?
West Point Bridge Designer is newly introduced us, which means that we need to do a little bit of research on how to use this software and how to utilize this software to make the best design possible. We are given the chance to ask our research librarian, Mr. Jay Bhatt, any questions regarding our project. Below are three questions that I would want to ask Mr. Bhatt in class tomorrow: 1) Are the articles organized according to specific topic/field of study or are they organized in categories of related-topics? 2) How will we know whether the articles are scholarly articles or regular articles that would show up on Google search? In another word, is there an option of choosing to only get results of scholarly articles? 3) Since most of us are not so familiar with the bridge design software, is there any information in the Engineering Village that would guide us through on how to make a successful bridge?
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ReplyDeleteThis week in class we worked on our WPBD bridge designs. We compared designs and analyzed trying to make each others designs cheaper, stronger, and more efficient. We came across some problems with force and compression ratios. We were able to help each other fix these problems. In week 3 we will be taking the best parts of each of our designs and trying to make one really good bridge design.
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DeleteFor week's 3 class we were asked to prepare three questions for Mr. Jay Bhatt that are specific to bridges for which we think he may provide assistance finding useful resources. Each group member was also required to submit their result of the west point bridge design.
DeleteQuestions to ask the Engineering Librarian, Jay Bhatt
ReplyDeleteHow are the books organized in the library? Are all the engineering books together and then grouped according to concentration? For example, would all books on bridges be in the same general area with maybe other civil and architectural engineering books? Or are all books organized with the Dewey Decimal System?
Are there books that are based off of or written by certain companies? By bridge building companies or other construction companies that could give us information on their methods of building strong bridges?
I know that when doing research on the library website we can narrow down our search to scholarly research depending on topics, but is it possible to actually narrow down the search to bridges? I am aware that it can be narrowed down to engineering, and if it can be narrowed down to bridges can it be further narrowed to a certain type of bridge like truss bridges?
Weekly Blog Question - Week 3
ReplyDeleteResearch Questions
1) How can I find resources to find out about the success of low-cost, safe bridges?
2) Where can I find information regarding how to make exceptional bridge designs in the WPBD software that I am somewhat inexperienced with?
3)How will we be able to successfully search for a specific type of bridge (truss) without getting all the different types of bridges that we don't want?
Week 3 Weekly Blog Questions - Research Questions
ReplyDeleteWest Point Bridge Designer is newly introduced us, which means that we need to do a little bit of research on how to use this software and how to utilize this software to make the best design possible. We are given the chance to ask our research librarian, Mr. Jay Bhatt, any questions regarding our project. Below are three questions that I would want to ask Mr. Bhatt in class tomorrow:
1) Are the articles organized according to specific topic/field of study or are they organized in categories of related-topics?
2) How will we know whether the articles are scholarly articles or regular articles that would show up on Google search? In another word, is there an option of choosing to only get results of scholarly articles?
3) Since most of us are not so familiar with the bridge design software, is there any information in the Engineering Village that would guide us through on how to make a successful bridge?