Spaghetti Bridge Building Competition at UOD again this year!

The University of Dunaújváros will organize the Spaghetti Bridge Building Competition on November 9, 2021 as a part of the program series organised on the Week of Science 2021.

 

Any pupil / student participating in full-time training at a secondary or higher education institution in Dunaújváros can enter the competition with a team of 2-3 people.

 

Application interface: https://forms.gle/HFBEGUibRzzGQzKV8

Application deadline: November 5, 2021

Further information: Gábor Ladányi (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

 

   Requirements for bridges   

 

 MATERIAL

  • Pasta: commercially available or homemade pasta, made solely of flour (and eggs).
  • Adhesive: any appropriate glue can be applied. The usage is restricted to element bindings at the joints. Strengthening the pasta by glue coating or gluing together the neighboring parallel threads is prohibited.

 

LOADING PLATFORM

  • An 100mm x 50mm x 10 mm plate with a centrally drilled 9 mm bore. The loading force is introduced through an M8 eye bolt, placed in the bore. The eye bolt is fastened by a nut.
  • The plate must not be altered in any way (for instance by boring), and it is to be glued only at the places joining the pasta threads.
  • The loading platform is to be positioned under the pathway, in the middle of the bridge.

 

DIMENSIONS

  • Distance between the highest (top) and the lowest (bottom) point must not exceed 600 mm.
  • The bottom point must not be lower than 100 mm of the level defined by the points of the supports.
  • The distance between the inner edges of the supports is 1000 mm, therefore the bridge has to be longer than that, but no longer than 1300 mm, and less than 130 mm in width.
  • The total weight of the bridge (including the loading platform, the hook with the nut and the washer) must not exceed 1000 g.

 

HANDING IN THE SUPPORT

  • Checking the weight criteria of the support,
  • Checking the dimension criteria,
  • Ocular inspection of gluing,
  • Any failure in meeting of above conditions draws disqualification.
  • After the breaking, the support will be inspected to rule out any inside irregularity of the structure.

 

PROPER USAGE OF SUPPORTS

  • The load is applied to the support by pulling the loading platform in vertical direction,
  • The support is pulled until it is broken,
  • The load capacity of the support is the weight, equivalent to the maximal force induced by the pull.

 

The entry that can withstand the highest load wins.

 

Venue: University of Dunaújváros "A" building "A-09" lecture hall

Program:

 

16:00 - Furnishing the room for the competition with the entries, taking over the pasta bridges

17:00 - Opening of the competition

17:10 - Load on bridges; THE COMPETITION

18:00 - Announcement of results

 

 

 

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