Paper Bridge World Record - 1071 lbs

[TeensTakeOnWorld]

i got 97 but it was 3 inches tall

[HyperSpify]

More like a paper and glue bridge. Look at the description for the large amount of glue used. The glue probably made up a significant fraction of the weight of the bridge.

Looks like a composite material, similar to carbon fiber or fiberglass, but made with paper and glue. The glue and paper together give it its strength. The paper alone or glue alone couldn't hold nearly as much.

[norwaydude6]

Yeah!

[norwaydude6]

I'm at minde skole :D

[Batspid3r]

i didnt know nerd could lift weights?

[120891314]

what's you predicted buckling load?

[bmx4life495]

those damn asians

[DeManMetDeMening]

the man runs it at 05:23

[chillbabe104]

oh shyt.....she should get into origami =O

[brockkkk6969]

Haha at 5.25 the kid at the top left smacks his head when the weights fall...but i woulda been nervous to under 1000 pounds

[AbuMohammedSara]

good job!

[Intellustheautomator]

Cool I am number 100 to comment. You would have a very good career as an architect or structural engineer. Good Job. I was very impressed with your designs strength.

[Luxebus]

pause at 00:00 and press up arrow on keyboard and left at the same time have fun :)

[Gateway420gr]

best part 5:20

[artysm7]

it's stuck together with my man goo.

[Guitarfiend11]

Pulling from a single point like that isn't testing the whole bridge, it's testing the structural integrity of that point only. If the weight would have been 3 inches left, then what?

[JustAbe1020]

wow, thats amazing!!!!!

[TheArzonite]

if i would do bridge it would fall from weight of that table...

[Poseidon51295]

:-o Wow! Spechless!

[buchs05]

all that brainpower to make paper bridges that hold 1,000+ lbs, but no weights bigger than 25lbs... They knew it would hold 800, why not grab some 45's to make room?

[Leonardo06041991]

5:19 fail moment

[crzyp852]

just get a match its paper for got sake

[xAjmiller34x]

I is from da plano

[RUnIsZ4718]

5:27 fail moment

[stupidnamewaster]

I cant do that good with stainless steel but she can do that with paper

[huustheman]

wtf was that? LOL waste of time. Go to the gym!

[FizzyCarbuncle]

Weigh to go, Anna!

[InFlamesAddictive]

My penis can hold more.

[donnyp5]

@InFlamesAddictive do you have cancer r something?

[InFlamesAddictive]

@donnyp5 Penis cancer.

[donnyp5]

@InFlamesAddictive haha =P

[85861000]

good job

[ogenmatic]

Now make a paper airplane and see how much cargo it can hold.

[maybeazn0o]

so what grade did you get on the project?

[Lfteese]

How did you construct the tension members? you said you used 20 pieces of paper, but how did you connect them all? just folding and gluing?

[vbskindofgirl]

thats awesome but will the change in glue make a difference? i go to west and we can only use elmer's glue now. But, instead of paper nails, we can also use toothpicks, but only for holding joints.

[ibythekiller]

WoW.lol!



[chubbz188]

bull when he places it on the table it sounds like a metal clunk

[sexybeaste]

wait, TAPE too?! that's either a typo or a requirement-change. :P

[MrBrownns]

i did a wooden bridge at school it only held 135 pounds!! damn!!1

[Gregorybot]

in my school they made us do this too but with no glue and only 1 sheet paper with out tearing or cutting

[Gregorybot]

in my school they made us do this too but with no glue and only 1 sheet paper

[lazercrocdt]

@Gregorybot what did u come up with? If I was there I would fold the paper lengthways mountain then valley until the whole sheet looks like a fan and if u suspend it like in the vid it would be pretty strong!

[hutadut]

the way you stacked the weights was very dangerous.

[lp000028]

why not use water ?

[yashjj]

I was wondering how you mixed the glue...

[reepermaple]

I'm gonna ask my science teacher if we can do this for fun

[tkddude24]

@reepermaple lol i did this paper bridge last year for plano west hahaha

i dint enjoy making it XD

but you might hahah

it was just alot of work

[snyper105]

that was so fuckin gay what was the point of making that

[onionofdeath]

Not only is that a strong bridge, but those tables are pretty hefty as well!

[jonnymadbro]

lololololololololololololololo­lol

[yoiiiaaa]

doing a school project same idea 55cm long 10cm wide withe 20 A4 papers and i can only use "stick glue" anyone knows a good design?

[TheRandomNut]

I have to make a bridge of 10 papers and glue for school, freakin impossible. >:|

[falcon731boy]

how does this work, how come paper becomes that much stronger with glue, etc, where can I find out more about this?

[USsomeguy]

They used a lot of paper and some hardcore serious glue.

[falcon731boy]

...... this doesn't answer my question but thanks for the attempt thoguh, I was looking for perhaps the science of it

[rainbowbutterflyy]

It's not the glue. It's the density of the paper that increases the force it can withstand. Rolling the members, layering sheets, stuff like that makes it thicker and therefore stronger.

[budgiebreder]

how much does the platform weigh?

[martindanny]

awesome, sweet bridge

[theaviator13]

how exactly did you make the middle v-shaped tension structure. the more info isn't very specific, and the video doesn't give you a very good close up on it. any help would be appreciated.

[netonetwo]

from plano east 09', lasted 135pds :P

[falcon731boy]

it underwent 985.4 times its weight O_O

[alishanalibhai]

who try***

[alishanalibhai]

Haha i hope you know there will be many pwsh kids try to copy this bridge and improve it

[geou12]

is the whole V structure one whole thing or 2 separate bands?

[kjknohw]

500 lbs on each edge of the table. The table failing would be bad.

[prandtl002]

The compression member failed because it had side forces too.  Could have supported more.

[PlanoWestWolf2008]

Good point.

[reddinosaur7]

impressive. next time calculate the load to weight ratio and see how many times its own weight a bridge can hold

[joelori]

It couldnt be more obvious that his arm at least nicked the bridge by leaning over it. You can almost see it in his face that he knew he did it. Is he stupid for leaning anywhere close to it. STOOPID.

[mike5424]

with paper lots of glue and tape it looks as strong as wood ;)

[GodFormedUsTM]

they should like seriously make this on a much larger scale lol

[xxh4ny0uxx]

that wud be insane, although i wouldnt make it a car bridge during a thunderstorm

[cptsparow]

dumb prof.. proof that the weight was well distributed= how much it exploded in the end quit well

[jesso350]

that guy got hit by the falling weights!! LOL

[fightapple91]

What a jerk! That stupid prof. broke the britch with his arm!

Do it again!

It could hold way more!

[joelori]

Formula = P*A/IQ = Broken Bridge

P=Professor

A=Arm

IQ=IQ

[joelori]

Best part (that nobody has noticed yet) is that the bridge could have taken more weight if the moron professor didnt nudge the bottom chord with his arm. LOL

[StormyP101]

Wow...great bridge.

On top of that Anna's kinda cute.

[MyRetartedBroProd]

You guys rock at the end :O

[pijpmaker]

ongeveer 485 kilogram ;)

[t0bban94]

Hey how much is 1071lbs in kg :))?

[Takseb]

"About" 485,797428 kg (or about a half ton)

:D

[planmix]

Congratulations. Excellent!

[ready2live]

I just realized that I haven't commented on this...Congrats Anna! about a yaer late...It's lauren by the way :)

[PlanoWestWolf2008]

No, see it in the "more info"(top right corner):

One pack of J-B Weld glue (for all joints), used about 60%;

A four-pack of super glue (for paper nails and final touches);

One quart of wallpaper glue, used about 20% of it;

[PlanoWestWolf2008]

I made a model first, then apply one sheet paper after another flat.

[PlanoWestWolf2008]

Everything is described in "more info" (top right)

[netonetwo]

It was Plano East 2008 ???

[PlanoWestWolf2008]

Plano West 2008.

[PlanoWestWolf2008]

Just as a moot point, my bridge broke the hook as well, the day before, at around 800 pounds. Plus, it held the 1,071 for longer than it normally would have because we ran out of weights. It probably would have held more if we had piled up weights at the same rate as normal.

[PlanoWestWolf2008]

Finally, I want to mention that I built this bridge with the intention of doing the best I could from what I learned through trial and error. Gregs bridge was his second, with the intention of breaking the record. His bridge was amazing, but you dont have to discredit mine in order to honor his.

[artooJp]

That is awesome, very nice.

[laxdude761]

thats crazy

[gyro163]

1060 not 1071 and how can paper hold that much

[PlanoWestWolf2008]

1050 lbs weight plus 21 loading board and the chains

[Avietra]

i have to do this with only computer paper and elmer's glue

[TehPir4te]

BOOO!! Plano WEST

GO PLANO SENIOR!!

[piandeisawesome]

This is awesomely awesome!

[lostamastasean]

what kind of paper is that ???

museum board something ??

[tunderman66]

The magic is to withstand the buckling, laminated paperboard is a kind of very strong paper, shit, I can't do this.

[IronGoober]

Wow, That's freakin' amazing!