Balsa Bridge

The Balsa bridge project was the final project for Statics and Mechanics of Materials 1, taken in Fall 2021. The goal of the project was to design, analyze, build, and test a balsa wood bridge with an assigned team.

 

Design requirements were as follows: 18 inches long, 5 inches wide, medium density balsa.

Material requirements were as follows: 3/8 x 3/4 inch for the 18 inch main beams, 3/8 x 3/8 inch for all other truss members, 1 inch or 1.5 inch 8/32 bolts, 8/32 nuts, No. 8 washers

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During design, my team used TeamGantt to create a schedule. We calculated stresses and strains in each member using MATLAB. We modeled the bridge designs using SolidWorks. We created the project report using Overleaf.