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The document describes a project for 4th year civil engineering students at a college to design and construct 10m span bridges on campus in self-organized groups. The objective is to introduce students to architectural design concepts and complement their technical training with a more qualitative, creative problem-solving process. Students work collaboratively as they would in professional practice, dealing with design goals, clients, budgets, and the full construction process of sourcing materials and building full-size structures. This year's task involved students designing and building bridges that spanned 10m and could carry at least one team member across, using low-cost, lightweight materials. The project aims to develop students' practical skills in areas like planning, programming, discussing designs with users

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Live Struct Poster UCC2016 Bridges

The document describes a project for 4th year civil engineering students at a college to design and construct 10m span bridges on campus in self-organized groups. The objective is to introduce students to architectural design concepts and complement their technical training with a more qualitative, creative problem-solving process. Students work collaboratively as they would in professional practice, dealing with design goals, clients, budgets, and the full construction process of sourcing materials and building full-size structures. This year's task involved students designing and building bridges that spanned 10m and could carry at least one team member across, using low-cost, lightweight materials. The project aims to develop students' practical skills in areas like planning, programming, discussing designs with users

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PROJECT - DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION OF 10m SPAN BRIDGES BY 4TH YR CIVIL ENG.

STUDENTS
MODULE CE 4001 - ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING LECTURERS - CAROLINE AKIBOYE SIMON CONOLLY
OBJECTIVE: to introduce Civil Engineering students to architecture
Engineering courses necessarily focus on quantitative analysis
and detailed design of elements in the context of design codes.
The aim of this project is to complement that with a more
qualitative and creative look at a practical problem-solving process
as a member of a design and construction team.
This project aims to give students the opportunity to develop their
skills in working in collaboration, as they would in professional
practice, often with design goals, which may be self-generated, or
developed from architectural, ecological or aesthetic objectives.
The exercise requires dealing with clients / regulatory authorities
(i.e. the college authorities), working to a budget, programming the
construction process, sourcing materials, building their designs as
full size structures, AND planning their end of life.
2016 TASK:
This year's project was to design, construct and assemble bridges
on campus, in self-organized groups of 4-5 students, one group for
each structure. The bridges had to span 10m and carry at least Cable stayed bridge with elegantly tapered, curved glue-laminated pylons and box beam deck
one member of the team both ways across the bridge. As is
evident in the finished bridges, some were much stronger.
MATERIALS:
The theoretical training in materials, construction and structures is
often "supported" by making small models. These can be
misleading as models of structural behaviour - they cannot be
interpreted with linear scaling relationships to real, full size
structures, so students may not appreciate real loads, stresses,
deflections, and dynamic behaviour. Students choose suitable
materials and work out appropriate constructional details, thus
developing a feeling for the intrinsic properties of materials, and
how to work, or join them together. This is greatly enhanced
working with full-size structures.
Structures, at 10m spans are of realistic scale, light weight, and
low cost.
There are a number of practical learning benefits:-
working to limited budget
working to limited time Geometric "Leonardo da Vinci" arch bridge with cable-suspended scaffold board deck
developing the ability to plan and programme the whole project
- design, procurement, prototyping, testing details, fabrication
and erection
where real users are involved, the ability to discuss design
intent, and respond to user needs
testing, and critical evaluation of finished structures (even
where the constructions have shortcomings - understanding a
failure can be more informative than a structure which succeeds
for unknown reasons)
developing an intuitive "feel" for behaviour, material properties,
and how to make connections
appreciation of what is possible with low-cost materials and
self-build, in situations where lack of resources and housing or
shelter are pressing needs
The projects benefit from close support by tutors with relevant
experience and interests.
One of the principal achievements of the projects is that students
engaging in practical problem-solving as teams of manageable
size gained valuable project-management skills.
Further benefits are possible by running joint projects, - it is hoped
in the future to engage related courses, such as architecture, arts,
surveying, planning, social sciences - so that students learn how
to collaborate just as they will have to do in their professional
working lives.
"Jigsaw" bridge with compressive arch plywood box deck, braced by rope handrail

AkiboyeConollyArch.com 021 450 9565

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