Procedure Your team will design and create a bridge utilizing West Point Bridge Designer software. West Point Bridge Designer is a simplified and scaled down computer-aided design tool developed by Colonel Stephen Ressler, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. The software will allow you to apply engineering design, material science, and statics to the design of a truss bridge carrying a two-lane highway that spans a riverbed.
Major Takeaways This was an interesting project because, we did something very similar in 7th grade. Back then it was more for fun and no math was behind it really. This time it was different and I liked it this way it gave us a strategy of how to make our bridge win our little competition. The weight criteria was an addition from when I did it in middle school. This made it even harder which I liked because there were a few different types of balsa wood, heavier and stronger or the lighter and weaker. We decided to use a mixture which turned out well in my opinion.