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A spaghetti bridge is an architectural model of a bridge, made of uncooked spaghetti or other hard, dry, straight noodles. Bridges are constructed for both educational experiments and competitions. The aim is usually to construct a bridge with a specific quantity of materials over a specific span, that can sustain a load. In competitions, the bridge that can hold the greatest load for a short period of time wins the contest.[1][better source needed] There are many contests around the world, usually held by schools and colleges.
Okanagan College contest
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The original Spaghetti Bridge competition has run at Okanagan College in British Columbia since 1983,[2] and is open to international entrants[3] who are full-time secondary or post-secondary students.
The winners of the 2009 competition were Norbert Pozsonyi and Aliz Totivan of the Szechenyi Istvan University of Győr in Hungary. They won $1,500 with a bridge that weighed 982 grams and held 443.58 kg. Second place went to Brendon Syryda and Tyler Pearson of Okanagan College with a bridge that weighed 982 grams and held 98.71 kg.[4]
Contests
[edit | edit source]Spaghetti bridge building contests around the world include:
- Abbotsford School District[5]
- Australian Maritime College[6][7]
- Budapest Technical University[8]
- Camosun College[9]
- Coonabarabran High School[10]
- Delft University of Technology[11]
- Ferris State University[12]
- George Brown College[13]
- Institute of Machine Design and Security Technology[14]
- Instituto GayLussac - Ensino Fundamental e Médio
- Universidade da Coruña, Escola Politécnica de Enxeñaría
- Italy High School[15]
- James Cook University[16]
- Johns Hopkins University[17]
- McGill University[18]
- Monash University
- Nathan Hale High School[19]
- Okanagan College[20]
- Riga Technical University[21]
- Rowan University[22]
- Technical University of Madrid[23]
- Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul[24]
- University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy[25]
- University of British Columbia[26]
- University of Business and Technology, Kosovo[27]
- University of Maribor[28]
- University of Salento[29]
- University of South Australia[30]
- University of Southern California[31]
- University of Technology Sydney[32]
- University of Tehran[33][34]
- University of the Andes[35]
- Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
- Winston Science[36][failed verification]
- Woodside Elementary School[37]
- Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design[38]
- Universidad de Buenos Aires - Facultad de Arquitectura Diseño y Urbanismo[39]
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Santa Catarina - Joinville, Brazil[40]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Architectural engineering
- Balsa wood bridge
- Civil engineering
- Physics
- Problem-based learning
- Statics
- Truss
References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Estimating the weight and the failure load of a spaghetti bridge: a deep learning approach DOI:10.1080/0952813X.2019.1694590
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