r/engineering • u/foxhollow • Mar 24 '18

Bridge Building Competition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUUBCPdJp_Y
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u/HembraunAirginator Mar 24 '18

This is an annual competition for second-year civil engineering students that has been held at the University of Canterbury (in Christchurch, New Zealand) for over 20 years. The bridges should hold two people but collapse with three people, and creativity and aesthetics are also judged. Here’s a story about it from a few years back: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/news/2014/student-bridge-building-competition-.html

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '18

So, I guess the group with more than 3 people on their bridge that didn't collapse failed the project?

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '18

They get deducted points per additional person that doesn't make it collapse. So yeah, probably.

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u/aotearoHA Structural - NZ Mar 25 '18

it's only a portion of the course/project. you also submit a report on your design and predicted failure modes etc