Your objective is to create an optimal bridge design. This software provides you with the tools to model, test, and optimize a steel highway bridge, based on realistic specifications, constraints, and performance criteria. Official software used to enter the West Point Bridge Design Contest. The West Point Bridge Designer will introduce you to engineering through an authentic, hands-on design experience. The contest provides students with a realistic introduction to engineering through an engaging, hands-on design experience. The West Point Bridge Design Contest is a nationwide Internet-based competition intended to promote math, science, and technology education in U.S. To install the Bridge Designer, download and run the appropriate setup file below. The Bridge Designer 2016 is a free educational software package designed to provide middle-school and high-school students with a realistic introduction to engineering through the design of a steel highway bridge. In this year’s contest, the top five designs used five different design scenarios (i.e., five different combinations of span length and support conditions)–representing the greatest variety in top designs in the 14-year history of this contest.West Point Bridge Designer 2016 (Windows) - (Download FREE!) Files > Download West Point Bridge Designer 2016 (Windows) - (FREE!) The top middle school design, by Bridge Nuts, is a 24-meter arch with abutments 4 meters tall. The top high school design, by The Fault in our Bridges, is a 32-meter span arch, 12 meters tall, with an amazingly low cost of $163,859.14. The official results of the Qualifying Round are shown below.
5,907 of these teams submitted 24,184 unique bridge designs to the contest website for judging. During this period, 8,101 teams registered for the contest and used the West Point Bridge Designer 2015 to design an amazing variety of bridges. The Qualifying Round of the Engineering Encounters Bridge Design Contest was conducted from January 12 through April 24, 2015. All semi-final bridge costs are posted on our Semi-Final Scoreboard.Ĭongratulations to our six finalist teams! Rank The winning semi-final design, submitted by Team Tiger from Middletown, NJ is shown at right.
The official results of the Semi-Final Round (with consolidated high school and middle school standings) are shown below. During this period, 72 teams used the Bridge Designer 2015 to create new bridge designs, based on a unique semi-final project scenario. The Semi-Final Round of the Engineering Encounters Bridge Design Contest was conducted on May 15, 2015, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm EDT.
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