Spaghetti bridge project

This project was a school assignment for the Constructive Design specialisation 2014 at Hanzehogeschool Groningen.
Group members:'
Lucas Bottaro
Kira Bührmann
Laura Monroy
Stijn van Nimwegen
Melissa Rolink
Robert Wilken
Video production by: Melissa Rolink (There's something about rainbows)
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Music:
www.freeplaymus...
Materials:
- regular spaghetti from Lidl
- hot glue guns from Pipoos and found some that belong to parents
- metal plate with hook

[@carmelpule6954]

I am very sorry to point out that this is not a bridge but a structure across a gap which is centrally loaded . It has no deck to walk on and so it could not be tested for a load that travels along the " bridge". It would be simpler to erect four beams with a narrow apex angle and simply use fixed ends at a compression structure at the support ends and one can do away with the tension components. Again , this is a centrally loaded structure across a gap , but it is not a bridge.
Sir Christopher Wren used this idea to make the central dome of St Paul's cathedral in the form of a cone which could take such a heavy load. But the dome was not a bridge was it. So using the same argument, these students did not build a bridge but they built a dome.

[@kcndesochannel]

Amazing

[@welshpete12]

Very well, done , over 89 lbs !

[@dr.gansau1465]

its an imitation of a crane..this is amazing! could stand 40.5kg. which mean 40thousand tons if converted loads in a real life.

[@nambinhvu]

A bridge requires a surface to travel over. I didn't see one here unless they were supposed to go up the arches and back down. If a load was placed on the horizontal part, it would have broken with not even 1kg. XD

[@bartsiebring3400]

Hoe lang zijn julllie daar mee bezig geweest? Ik denk zelf een paar uurtjes als ik naar de video kijk.

[@billwilmot3484]

great design. would love to see it as a suspension bridge. a work of art...

[@georgevillela8987]

esse trabalho poderia ser divulgado nas nossas escolas

[@bartsiebring3400]

Best sterke burg.

[@bildahome]

Het was ook veel meer lijm dan spaghetti

[@mustafayesil5312]

congrats (Y)