Big Beam 2010 Competition - Fanshawe

Students from Fanshawe college took part in the annual Big Beam competition put on by Prestressed Systems Inc. Filmed by Fanshawe Television, Edited by Eric Smith, camera operators, Lindsay Stanlick, Sam Doak, Christina Lacaria , and Eric Smith

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• big
• beam
• contest
• 2010
• Fanshawe
• western
• London
• Ontario

[bcowey13]

should change the tag so that it has "big beam contest". currently, if you youtube "big beam contest" it wont show up.

[ems338]

@bcowey13 done !

[prestressedconcrete]

Good video that explains what the Big Beam Competition is and what is involved.

[ems338]

@prestressedconcrete  thanks!

[bruinsma54]

Good Job to everyone involved, we placed second in Canada!!

[glenanimals]

oh i forgot its now earth quack proof too

[glenanimals]

here you want make a beam that wont brake you take matal rods and you twest

them together like a Rop then take long metal bars and weld them along

the twest ones

your makeing a rop out of metal .so ther i win what i get as a prize

and it only took me 1 min to come up with the idear

[zomgirule]

Fanshawe College has the best Civil Engineering Technology program in Ontario and possibly Canada.

[ems338]

@zomgirule I believe the results were 157.4 kN was the breaking point of the second prestressed rod.