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had a series of questions I had to answer as the journalist. One of
these being what occupations would require educational experience in
structure building, which I later learned involved several
Occupations. A few I found were in Architecture, Engineering, as
well as areas in construction. While I was looking for these jobs, I
found a number of companies and people that were useful in finding
information on structure building by looking in the phonebook. Some of these I found were; Gary
Hacker, Shiva Hatter inc., Farnsworth Group, Daily and Associates,
Francois associates and architects, Mills Sweeney architects, MLA
architects, Harry Riddle architect, Young Architects, BLED
Architects Inc., Donald F. Goner.
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One task for this project was to interview a person or two if you are the journalist. It was my job to setup interview sheets with a selection of questions. These interview sheets included the following questions, What type of designs support the most weight? What design best withstands compression its under? When weight is applied to a structure, will it undergo tension? What is the best way to keep rigidity in structures that are under pressure? What is the best strategy for building a sturdy base? What is the strategy for keeping the structure together? And last but not least, will a taller withstand as much weight as a shorter structure? With these interview sheets printed out, I asked my father, an actuary from State Farm, as well as my Uncle Bob who is a building specialist in the Eugene school district. When I interviewed my dad, he told me that triangles support the most weight, Uniformly spaced tight shapes best understand compression, when weight is applied, a structure will undergo tension, using buttresses keep rigidity in a structure, bases must be larger than the point of contact to the weights, a system that reinforces it self is a strategy for keeping a structure together ; and last, tall structures withstand as much weight as short structures but take up more space. After that, I when I called my uncle Bob, he told me, cylinders support the most weight, short and wide columns best withstand compression, weight applied to structures causes tension, using triangles is a good way to keep rigidity in a structure, triangles with a wide base are the best strategy for building bases, building structures that evenly balance the load is a strategy for keeping a structure together, and a tall structure will not withstand as much weight because short and wide absorbs more tension and compression. | ||
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Reflections The weight dropping was a success. Our structure was somewhat suitable to fit the height and weight of the design because, our project was not as wide as some of the projects, yet it was wider than some as well. This was effective because our group decided on a set height of nine and a half inches which was middle of the road as well. Our design benefited because of the balance of the structure. This gave us less threat to one side of our structure crushing, which was the downfall of the other structures. To balance our project, we used man cylinders and bundled them together. Though the cylinders were giving great balance to the structure, we had not had enough materials to put them all throughout the structure which gave us far less balance than the potential of the structure. That would be the main modification that I would make to my groups structure, because I feel with many more cylinders, we could achieve much greater success. I would also try accordions because the people that made these structures had large amounts of weight applied to it before it collapsed. Another good strategy is to make one big cylinder. I don't know if these are as effective as the idea we used because our group recorded the largest amount of weight before our structure collapsed. |
Bibliography Doug Sorensen Bob Stephensen
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