Spaghetti bridge
Introduction A spaghetti bridge under constructionA '''spaghetti bridge''' is an architectural model of a bridge, made of uncooked spaghetti or other hard, dry, straight noodles. Bridges are constructed for both educational experiments and competitions. The aim is usually to construct a bridge with a specific quantity of materials over a specific span, that can sustain a load. In competitions, the bridge that can hold the greatest load for a short period of time wins the contest. There are many contests around the world, usually held by schools and colleges.
Okanagan College contest A spaghetti bridge being tested in the Okanagan College contest, with a weight attachedThe original Spaghetti Bridge competition has run at Okanagan College in British Columbia since 1983, and is open to international entrants who are full-time secondary or post-secondary students.The winners of the 2009 competition were Norbert Pozsonyi and Aliz Totivan of the Szechenyi Istvan University of Győr in Hungary. They won $1,500 with a bridge that weighed 982 grams and held 443.58 kg. Second place went to Brendon Syryda and Tyler Pearson of Okanagan College with a bridge that weighed 982 grams and held 98.71 kg.
Contests Spaghetti bridge building contests around the world include:* Abbotsford School District* Australian Maritime College* Budapest Technical University* Camosun College* Coonabarabran High School* Delft University of Technology* Ferris State University* George Brown College* Institute of Machine Design and Security Technology* Instituto GayLussac - Ensino Fundamental e Médio* Universidade da Coruña, Escola Politécnica de Enxeñaría* Italy High School* James Cook University* Johns Hopkins University* McGill University* Monash University* Nathan Hale High School* Okanagan College* Riga Technical University* Rowan University* Technical University of Madrid*Universidad del Valle de Guatemala* Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul* University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy* University of British Columbia* University of Maribor* University of Salento* University of South Australia* University of Southern California* University of Technology Sydney*University of Tehran* University of the Andes* Vilnius Gediminas Technical University * Winston Science* Woodside Elementary School* Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design*Universidad de Buenos Aires -  Facultad de Arquitectura Diseño y Urbanismo* Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Santa Catarina - Joinville, Brazil
See also *Architectural engineering*Balsa wood bridge*Civil engineering*Physics*Problem-based learning*Statics*Truss
References Winston Science http://www.winston-school.org/?PageName=LatestNews&Section=Highlights&ItemID=106650&ISrc=School&Itype=Highlights&SchoolID=4831
Further reading - Estimating the weight and the failure load of a spaghetti bridge: a deep learning approach  DOI:10.1080/0952813X.2019.1694590
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