The Super Happy Awesome Bridge

Pictures available on my blog: http://blog.pengxiao.net/2009/01/the-super-happy-awesome-bridge/

After a month of preparation, we put our popsicle bridges to the test. Our Super Happy Awesome Bridge was, in fact, very super, happy, and awesome.

The bridge held about 300 pounds (we actually ran out of weights) plus the force of Mr. Ohl leaning on it. It only broke when he stomped it a couple times.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• popsicle bridge
• physics
• experiment
• school

[dragateli]

k at thte end he was applying a larger force than his gravitational force of gm... LOL what a guy

[themastrmind]

Not very scientific, I know.

[dclaver2]

what kind of glue did you use?

[themastrmind]

Hot glue and regular Elmer's glue. Hot glue works better.

[1990cujo]

how much could it take

[Awesomesaucity99]

what did you use as connections, to hold each stick together?

[cbccadets13]

awesome!!!!

[yungballer92]

what glue did you use i have hot glue and some other kind

[patriciamarylaine08]

CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW YOU DID THIS ARCH BRIDGE >>>?????????

i seriously need it for school >.<

[retsuta]

Not too SHABy if you know what i mean, nioce job. How many sticks did you use approx?

[animationdude1]

good question!

[asskesasskes]

that is happy awesome!!!!!!!

[knightfox17]

what did you use for sticking them up together

[UziSprayTF]

Interesting that the bridge failed in a lateral torsional buckling of the whole member. You obviously made sure that the connections were not the weak point of the design, which is good, but it does seem like you used quite a bit of Popsicle sticks for your design. I like how you stop localized buckling by constraining many of the members mid way through the use of out of plane braces. Smart. Of course the failure mode was caused by the sudden application of impact force, which is 2.5X weight.