User:Sahmed1890/enes100/bridges

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Week0 Activities
I chose the projects from Engeering Project page I was assigned to the Bridges Project project. My other two choices were Ice Spiked and Water Jet

The goal is to make a bridge using noodles and to make it strong enough so that it can hold a lot of weight.

The task for this week is to understand what is involved with building the bridge and what materials are required and necessary to finish it.

I decided to learn more about the bridge and its structure by looking up videos from Youtube and Google.

We also have to find a software that can help us to test the loads on the bridge.

Week1 Activities
Looked up videos on Youtube and Google.

The videos were helpful, but still need to find a way to connect the spaghetti pieces together to form the arc of the bridge. The pasta to be used in making he arc is called the Manicotti Pasta and it is round and cylindrical in shape.

We need to way to connect the Manicotti Pasta together to form the arc We found a wooden platform on which we can build the bridge. The arc is the very tough to make since we have to actually place one pasta into another without breaking them. We decided to take some peices of the pasta home and try to figure out a way to connect them.

I had the idea that we could boil it and then connect it and cool it down so that it hardens again.

Week1 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here. Boiling the pieces of pasta and trying to connect them..

Everyone has decided to do it on the weekend.

Week2 Activities
I boiled the pasta and attached it. After keeping it in the freezer it cooled down but did not harden enough... so that method had failed.

so we need to find another way to connect them together The glue gun was another option but we would have to be very careful to use it on the pasta because the heat of the gun might cook the pasta completely.

So we are almost back to square one with the project.

we still haven't found a way to make the arc.

Week2 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Week3 Activities
Designing the bridge was the main aim this week..

After being suggested by Mr.Foerster to use a bridge designer software to design the bridge, i searched on the internet for a software. After looking through some softwares, the one which i found was the West Point Bridge Design Software. All of us installed it on our laptops and planned to work on it through the weekend...

Here is the link to the bridge designing software which i found. West Point Bridge Designer

Week3 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here. Look into the software and try to figure out how it works.

Week4 Activities
Looked into the software...

We decided to stay in the same team for Project 2. So we don't have to spend much time trying to communicate and build the team..We have found the one-metre long pasta for the bridge...we still have some problems regarding its availability and price...

Week4 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Complete Project Page
Follow the "project done" format.

Start Next Project Week0 activities
During this week you will perform the week0 activities of the next project.

0/5/0 ... 5 points for getting on the web page of the next team week 4 grading 1sfoerster 13:29, 17 October 2011 (UTC)