Ideas for West Point Bridge Project

5. • 17
$170,000

7. $166,000

8. $157.6k

9. $155, 000

10. $137, 124.02

11. Winner 2011
$75,377.51

12. Winner 2006
$59, 949.07

13. $27,0749.81

14. Winner 2011
$24,6645.29

15. Tips
• Hollow Tube better for Compression
• Solid Rod better for tension
• Consider Forced strength Ratio, (if you are capable of
holding one hundred pounds and only holding thirty,
you are using 30/100 of your potential)
• Base Charge for each new type of member (keep
materials as standardized as possible to help control
costs).
• Arch Bridge’s strength comes from compression (think
Hoover damn, curved to push pressure to sides).
Hollow tubes are more efficient in compression