grid design competition

2. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRIDS DESIGN COMPETITION
IT IS NOT A STRENGTH COMPETITION

3. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRIDS DESIGN COMPETITION
THE AIM IS TO GET 4 REACTION FORCES AS EQUAL AS POSSIBLE

4. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
BE CAREFUL WITH THE SPAN DIMENSIONS!

5. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION

6. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION

7. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION

8. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION

9. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION

10. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION

11. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
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12. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
YOU HAVE TO DECIDE THE CROSS SECTIONS DIMENSIONS

13. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
WHICH BEAM SHOULD HAVE A BIGGER CROSS SECTION,
the longest or the shortest?

14. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
WHICH BEAM SHOULD HAVE A BIGGER CROSS SECTION,
the longer or the shorter?

15. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
BENDING BEHAVIOUR IS INTERESTING: WE HAVE TO AVOID UNSTABILITY

16. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
BENDING BEHAVIOUR IS INTERESTING: WE HAVE TO AVOID UNSTABILITY

17. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
BENDING BEHAVIOUR IS INTERESTING: WE HAVE TO AVOID UNSTABILITY

18. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
BE CAREFUL WITH THE CROSS SECTION DESIGN

19. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
BENDING BEHAVIOUR IS INTERESTING: WE HAVE TO AVOID UNSTABILITY

20. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
BENDING BEHAVIOUR IS INTERESTING: WE HAVE TO AVOID UNSTABILITY

21. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
BE SPECIALLY CAREFUL WITH THE JOINT

22. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
BE SPECIALLY CAREFUL WITH THE JOINT

23. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
BE SPECIALLY CAREFUL WITH THE JOINT

24. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
BE SPECIALLY CAREFUL WITH THE JOINT

25. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
THINK IN THE LOAD DISTRIBUTION!

26. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
THINK IN THE LOAD DISTRIBUTION!

27. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
THINK IN THE LOAD DISTRIBUTION!

28. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
THINK IN THE LOAD DISTRIBUTION!

29. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
THINK IN THE LOAD DISTRIBUTION!

30. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
YOU WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE KEYS OF YOUR GRID DESIGN

31. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRID COMPETITION
YOU WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE KEYS OF YOUR GRID DESIGN

32. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II
GRIDS DESIGN COMPETITION
REPORT entry 6th MAY_BETTER BEFORE
a. An exhausted description of the model (drawings, pictures, whatever considered necessary)
b. Mathematical explanation of the grid behaviour (reasons of the design chosen to equal the four
reaction forces). We recommend you to apply the Compatibility Method and the formulas studied in
the subject Structural Systems to calculate the cross section mechanical parameters.
c. Reaction forces values monitored during the loading process. Failure causes description and failure
load value. Pictures of the test process. Average deviation of the reaction forces values. Model
efficiency.
d. In addition, you should propose design improvements for the model on one hand to balance the
reaction forces and on the other hand to improve the model efficiency.
POSSIBLE PROBLEMS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GRID?
POSSIBLE PROBLEMS DURING THE LAB SESSION?