2013 Spaghetti Bridge Test
submitted by dgvelasquez
on 01/29/17
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Students in Prof. Marietta Scanlon's Materials Sciences class, at Penn State Lehigh Valley, built bridges using spaghetti and hot glue. To test the strength of the bridge design, a bucket was attached to each bridge and measured amounts of sand were poured into the bucket at 10 second intervals. The winning bridge design had the highest ratio of bridge weight vs. load weight (weight of sand).
