Prototype

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Prototype
Year 1 Civil Engineering
Group Members
Yin Chan, Max Costaras, Thomas Mackie, Tak Wong

Supervisors
Alastair McDonald, Carl Leroy-Smith, Dr Alan Bloodworth

This traversing structure spans between the top of a low level wall and the adjacent stepped ground level. The triangular cross section of the truss is inherently strong, provides lateral stability and resists torsional forces. The top cord of the truss has been designed to align horizontally with the top of the wall, thus emphasising the change in site levels and resulting in a structure that tapers over its length. Steel weights placed within the structure at each end are sized to counteract the calculated horizontal forces and overturning effects applied by wind loading. The structure is constructed from laminated, and offset, sections of laser cut plywood which results in an extremely high strength to weight ratio.

1.5mm Birch plywood
Water based adhesive
30x30mm mild steel bar
Acrylic spray paint (yellow)

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