Last week, our group learned various aspects about bridges. We learned about different bridge design aspects that are stronger than others. We figured out that most, if not all, bridges today have some sort of truss design. This means that the ideal bridge design has some sort of triangular aspect to it.
Later in the class, the West Point Bridge Design program was introduced to us. This was a program that allows us to build a bridge on the computer. The advantages to this is that we as ameteur bridge makers can play around on this program to find out which combination of shapes and sizes will hold the most weight.
In the upcoming week, our team will conduct research about bridges. This will help the team come up with some unique ideas to what our group will abtually be doing.
Some obstacles that the team will most likely face throughout the term might slow our building design and analysis down. One of the initial problems that we might, but hopefully not, face throughout the term is that one or more members of the group might fall behind on their individual/colaborative duties. The other main thing that we might face would be conflicting opinions on what we should decide on. One person might think one way, while the other might think the opposite. If the argument continues withour being resolved, the best way to move on would be to go with the choice of the majority, being that there are only three members in our group.
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