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Truss Bridge Project

Week0
We have decided to work on a bridge project.

Week1 Narrative
Sign In: October 27, 2014, at 11:00 am.

Going to do:
 * Decide which project we will be working on.
 * Research about the project.
 * Hopefully begin to design.

Doing:
 * After looking at some potential projects, we decided to do a project where we would build a bridge.
 * We then researched about the potential bridges that we already out there.
 * We looked on many websites to see which bridges could hold the most.
 * We found around 10 different bridge designs.
 * We will research more on Wednesday.

Rant: Sign out: October 27,2014 at 1:00 pm.
 * We have decided which project we will be doing.
 * We are going to build a bridge.
 * We have obtained some initial research, but more will need to be evaluated.
 * There are many designs we can use, so we will have to decide which one will be best.
 * We have just started the project, so we will have a lot of work to do.
 * We will work more on the project on Wednesday.

Sign in: Octover 29, 2014 at 11:00 am Going to do:
 * Research more on Bridges.
 * Draw some potential bridge styles.

Doing:
 * A lot of research was found, and put on the wikiversity group page.
 * Bridgr designs were also written in my engineering notebook which will be uploaded to wikiversity at some point.

Rant: Sign out: October 29, 2014 at 1:00 pm.
 * We researched more about the potential Bridges.
 * We Think a truss bridge might be the best one to make.
 * We will have to do a little more research in order to finalize our final product.
 * We have some people who have already build a bridge in the past so that is good.
 * This should be an interesting project.

Week2 Narrative
Sign In: November 3, 2014 at 11:00 am

Going to do:
 * More research on potential bridges
 * Choose which bridge type we will ultimately make
 * Try potential Sketches

Doing:
 * We research more on the potential types of bridges. The potential bridge types are a truss bridge, a suspension bridge, an Arch Bridge, Beam Bridge, Log Bridge, Bowstring Arch Bridge, Cable-Staying Bridge, Cantilever Bridge, Segmental Bridge, Simple Suspension Bridge, A trestle bridge.
 * We looked at many videos on different bridges as well as many different types of bridge pictures.
 * We also looked at bridges in our area.
 * We also asked our Professor Ali if this bridge was possible.
 * We told the class this was a competition to see which group can build the best bridge.
 * We will have to start gathering materials
 * We have decided we will be building a truss bridge.

Rant: Sign Out: Nobember 3, 2014 at 12:50 pm.
 * There is a lot of information out there on bridges
 * Starting off is the hard part in this project
 * We will have to present in class next Monday so we will have to start there.
 * This project will be fun and interesting.

Week3 Narrative
Sign in: November 10, 2014 at 11:00 am

Going to do:
 * Research interesting bridges
 * Find which bridges are best
 * Research more materials

Doing:
 * After research, these were the most famous bridges we found.
 * Tower Bridge (London) : Contains two towers with a runway.
 * Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco): The most iconic bridge in North America.
 * Milau Bridge (France): 2.5 Kilometers, 343 meters off the ground.
 * Rilato Bridge (Venice, Italy): Built with Stone Arch Architecture, regarded as one of the most iconic bridges in all of Europe.
 * Starimost (Bosnia): Stood for 427 years, was restored in 2004.
 * Sydney Harbor Bridge (Australia): Huge tourist site, regarded as one of the most recognizable architectural symbols in Australia.


 * Famous Bridges:
 * The Moses Bridge (Netherlands)
 * Da Vinci Bridge (Norway)
 * Pythonburg bridge (Amsterdam)
 * Rolling Bridge (London)
 * Ponte Veccio Bridge (Florence)
 * Milau Villaduct
 * Helix Bridge (Japan)
 * Henderson Waves Bridge
 * Banpo Bridge

Rant:
 * We reserached bridges that were famous and interesting.
 * We also found many intersting bridges that will give us inspiration for our project
 * We have to start now as our deadline has been pushed up by 2 weeks.

Week4 Narrative
We came in on Wednesday, November 19 with our final bridge project completed. We presented in front of the class on Wednesday. Then presented in front of all of HCC on Thursday. Our project was one of the best ones out there.