EN103 Bridge Design Brief 2011 2012桥梁设计.docVIP

MODULE EN0103: DESIGN AND COMPUTING SKILLS DESIGN BRIEF 1: The Wooden Bridge Introduction You are required to design, make and test a bridge made from thin planks of wood. The bridge must comply fully with the specification given below. Assignment Task A lecture will be given in the first session to introduce this assignment brief. Groups of four will be allocated and each group is expected to gather brief information in the following areas: a Basic types of bridge design. b Structures and the problem of bending, shear and compressive loads. c Modes of failure for bridges. With this information alongside the lecture material, each individual group member must produce at least three initial, alternative balsawood bridge designs. All information gathered must be retained and properly referenced. Sketches of designs and other relevant materials e.g. reasons that inspire you to produce a particular design, calculations for weight, strength etc. must be recorded. Each individual design must show good drawing practice e.g. clear lines, title blocks, dimensioning. All designs should meet the design specification and indicate potential method and location of failure. From these individual alternative designs, one is to be selected as a final design for the group, giving reasons and rationale for the choice. You are then to develop this design, and fabricate a bridge based upon it. A brief group report, in the form of an A3 poster, is to be presented to the class in the penultimate session of this assignment. In this poster you are to record development of the bridge including a photograph of final construction and state the predicted failure point and method of failure of the bridge, the actual failure load and attempt to justify any discrepancies and evaluate the bridge design process. Specification 1 The bridge is to span a gap of 0.5 meters. 2 The bridge will be loaded with 0.5 1 kg weights and it must hold each weight for 10 seconds without failur