Cracking under pressure (or not)
Posted by Eric on Jun-3-2008
Chemeketa’s transfer engineering program held its annual bridge competition earlier today. Students worked on the weight-bearing structures for much of the term before subjecting them to the weight test.
The structures had a to have a span of 14 inches, a maximum height of 7 inches and max weight of 2.5 oz.
Kyle Bonnet, Jonathan Boyd and James Lofton won the competition. Their 2.16 oz. bridge held a whopping 942 pounds, or 6,978 times it’s own weight. They’re in the last picture of the photo gallery here.