During week three lab, we completed the Creo sketch of the four pillars that we were going to be 3-D printing. They were created in two different sizes, the first was a sketch of the middle two pillars that stood taller and bolder for support, and the next two were the smaller two which were towards the outer parts of the bridge towards the area of the land. A submission to print these four pillars was sent in today, and once we get these pillars it will lead to a constructing of our bridge.
We are still experimenting and brainstorming ways to improve the predictable failures, of the support systems that the bridge is hanging from using the predictable failure methods it was originally constructed from. We came up with a pretty good idea to somehow involve a seismometer to the bridge to account for earthquakes and high wind so that the predicted failure system can be more efficient and quicker. This is a tough task because the bridge was constructed so carefully and well engineered.
Another thing that we intend to change is the support system and how it was designed on a bedrock and gravel filled foundation. Obviously, the engineers constructing it accounted for that, but a way that we could improve it now would be use materials that are stronger and more sturdy than the foundations they used at the bottom of the pillars they used in there day. This second idea was much more general and still needs some refining but it is something to chew on while we start to see the construction of our model in the upcoming weeks.
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