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Bridge construction challenge with K'Nex

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Introduction

A variety of challenges, investigations, and problems can be created related to bridges. This one used K'Nex as building materials. You may substitute other materials. I have also used oaktag, straws, thread, and straight pins.

Bridge vocabulary

Source for the definitions of these and more bridge terms.

Investigation notes

Procedure

 

Compression - capacity test

Bridge capacity weight test

 

Who would have thought a bridge could win awards? Does that make this bridge the GOAT?

Hitorical Smithfield Street bridge signs

Pictures of bridge tests

Test with thread added and rod removed

Test with kilogram weight

Test with thread added and two piers removed

Test with four notebooks

Test with thread added and grey rod removed

Test with kilogram weight

Test with thread added and white rod removed

Test with kilogram weight

 

Statements made when testing bridges:

C. Stading, K. Flanagan, L. Haisch, K. Dusatko, S. Simpson, A. Baumann, M. Tobias, Angie Simpson, M. Foster, and C. Mettler

 

Test bridges

Piers & beam

Piers

 

Piers, beam, & rails

Pier bridge

 

Trusses, pier, & deck

Truss under bridge

 

 

Bridge photo album

Suspension bridge with stone piers

Suspension bridge

 

 

Beam bridge with piers

Concrete beam bridge

 

 

Trestle below road bridge

Metal truss below deck

 

 

Beam bridge with piers

Metal beam and concrete pilars bridge

 

 

Tressle & beam bridge

Metal beam and wood tressle bridge

 

 

Tressle above deck bridge with piers and some tressle below

Metal tressle above deck bridge

 

Arch below deck bridge

Metal arch below deck bridge

 

 

Many stone arches bridge

Stone arches below deck bridge

 

 

Swinging bridge Rock City

Swinging bridge Rock City

 

 

Stone bridge with culverts

Bridge and culvert

 

 

Beams and piers bridge

Bridge and piers

 

 

First Sunshine skyway bridge in Florida 1977

Sunshine Skyway 1977

 

 

Suspension plus pier & beam bridge

Bridge suspension plus

 

 

Suspension above & arch below bridge - Pittsburgh Monogahala River

Bridge Monongahala River

 

 

Arch bridge in Point Park Pittsburgh

Bridge Pittsburgh PointPark

 

 

Three rivers bridges in Pittsburgh

Bridges and three rivers

 

 

Tressel bridge above road

Trestle bridge

 

 

Large and small arches bridge

Bridge with many arches

 

 

 

K'Nex suspension bridges

Suspension bridge Suspension bridge Suspension bridge

 

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