Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Toothpick Bridge

Our (mine and Jason's) bridge held up to 115 batteries, and weighed 11.5 grams. This is a 230:1 ratio.

We began to see our bridge sag at the strain of the batteries, right where the strings were being held:

Our bridge finally collapsed at the spots we expected it to break, right where the strings were being held:

If I were to reconstruct my bridge in an effort to make it better, I would reinforce the spots where the strings were at.

Edit: After reinforcing the areas that held the strings, we got our bridge to hold up to 267 batteries, weighing in at 12.6 grams. Coming in at a 490:1 ratio!








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