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Spaghetti Bridge Competition Simple Design Approach

This document provides a basic step-by-step approach for designing a simple spaghetti bridge for a freshman level competition. The steps include drawing the bridge design, analyzing it using a free application to determine member loads, calculating the load carrying percentage of each member, and determining the amount of spaghetti needed in each member based on the allowed total weight.

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Spaghetti Bridge Competition Simple Design Approach

This document provides a basic step-by-step approach for designing a simple spaghetti bridge for a freshman level competition. The steps include drawing the bridge design, analyzing it using a free application to determine member loads, calculating the load carrying percentage of each member, and determining the amount of spaghetti needed in each member based on the allowed total weight.

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Spaghetti Bridge Competition Simple Design

Approach
This document will illustrate a very basic way in designing your bridge
step by step for freshmen students
First draw your bridge
For the sake of this example we drew this easy bridge

Second step analyze your truss


You can do this easily using Frame design application which is available
for free on play-store.(note: after you draw your bridge on the
application you need to assume any random single load at the center
of your bridge. in the figure above we assumed a 100 kN )On the

following link there is a tutorial explaining step by step how to analyze


your bridge www.youtube.com
Third step get the analysis result

Figure 1: the member loads

This picture is taken from the application. And as we can see member 1
and 2 has no member load due to the assumed 100 kN. However
member 4 and 5 has 99.94 kN and member six has 100 kN.
Member

Force in the member

number
1
2
3
4
5
Total

0
0
100
99.94
99.94
2 99.94+100=299.88

Step four find the load carrying percentage of each member


To do this all you need to do applying the following formula
load carrying percentage of member =

Member
number
1

member force
100
total member forces

load carrying percentage of member


0
100 =0
299.88

0
100 =0
299.88

100
100 =33.35
299.88

99.94
100 =33.3 3
299.88

99.94
100 =33.33
299.88

Remember these percentages for the 2D drawing but you will build a
3D bridge as shown

So to get the load carrying percentage of a member in 3D you need to


divide these members by 2
Member

load carrying percentage of member in 3D

number
1

0
=0
2

0
=0
2

33.35
=16.68
2

33.3 3
=16.6 7
2

33.33
=16.67
2

Step 5 how much spaghetti do you need to put in each member


Since we are allowed to use 750 g as a maximum load of the bridge.
Now for the sake of this example assume we will use 600 g spaghetti.
Remember you need an
amount of spaghetti for the
loading member and the
zeroes member which shown
in the following picture.

Assume we will keep 200 g for these member and the zeroes member

We left with 400 g of spaghetti to carry the load


Now to find the amount of spaghetti in the analyzed members all you
need to do is multiply the percentage with the load thus
Member

load carrying percentage of member in 3D

number
3

16.68

400
=66.72 g
100

16.6 7

400
=66.68 g
100

16.6 7

400
=66.68 g
100

Note: make sure to place the minimum amount of spaghetti


(the 200 g) in zero members and maximum amount in the
loading place

Figure 2: same design from last semster

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