Marks+bridge

Alex Rybak and I's bridge was loosely based on the design of the Bailey Bridge (below). We chose this design due to its simplicity and relative strength. Our bridge was the strongest of those made by our class, due in part I think to the strength that we were able to achieve due to the uncomplicated design that we chose. We could have layered more glue on it to increase its rigidity, which probably would have helped. It broke on the side due to an odd lean from a warping in the wood, which probably could have been fixed by us as well, if we'd have realized the severity of it before the time to break it had come.

Our bridge weighed 29.7, held 41.8 pounds, with an efficiency rating of 638.4. We were at least in the top half of the participants, which is a nice accomplishment considering this is only our second attempt at it (from my understanding). If we were to do it again, I would not change the design to drastically, but rather the execution. We could have probably done a bit better a job at glueing, but otherwise, I think we had a sound idea.