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Uploaded by on Oct 28, 2006

Students in the AME 101 "Introduction to Mechanical Engineering" class at the University of Southern California were assigned to build a bridge using spaghetti and white glue (nothing else allowed) that had to span a 24 inch gap. The objective was to maximize the ratio of weight held before breaking to the weight of the bridge itself. The winner held about 40 times its weight, a total of 107 pounds! For more information see http://ronney.usc.edu/AME101F06/

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  • what type of pasta did the last bridge shown use?

  • Standard spaghetti. Several strands were laminated together with white glue so it looks way thicker than regular spaghetti.

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  • cool! i guess all your bridges should be seen by an engineer guys

  • Oh my god that last bridge was amazing! we have to build a bridge out of pasta and it's due next week. Ah! I honestly had no idea what to do until I saw this video! Wondering did you put any spaghetti inside the tube like pasta? Or where they just glued together hallow?

  • Cool video enjoyed it very nice sculptures.

  • stupied chink bitches

  • @CrazyVT22 oh okay.. thanks :D 

  • @se4biscuit no glue i used it to keep the peices together bt not dipped in glue (45 grams is more than ten peices

  • @CrazyVT22 did you do anything to the spaghetti beforehand? like dip it in glue or something? because i'm supposed to make a bridge out of 45 grams of spaghetti only and i don't know what to do. *tear* i need help :'(

  • @se4biscuit  make trusses (triangles)

  • @CrazyVT22 how did built a bridge with 10 pieces of pasta only? please HELP! T.T

  • FAILLLLLL AT 1:19 OHHH MY BAD LOL

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