Brick Support Tower

The squad up thought that to be fitted to endure a strong structure, the jerk mustiness down support on its edges (or corners). deflexion from providing support, the pillars would give the tower the necessary stature to lift the bricks several inches from the ground. The team came up with unless genius design, and was not adequate to(p) to conceptualize any other design because of the age constraints. The team built a brick support tower using solely five (5) pieces of short letter separate and any(prenominal) of the tape. Four of the five note cards had their bypass end looks cut to invest slits into them.The slits were made to set out a mien of interlocking the cards. The note cards were thus rolled in their long side to form cylinders. The unmatched- ordinal card was position in the kernel covering the iv stand cylinders, with one cylinder standing in each corner of the fifth note card. The team didnt have any idea as to how galore(postnominal) bric ks will it be adequate to(p) to support. Because of the short time allotted, the team was not able to utilize the anticipateing note cards to build what could have been the next story of the tower. Conceptual DevelopmentThe design that the team employ provided bad columns, supporting the load of the fifth note card, and also, the weight of the loading. However, the design turn kayoed to be weak in the nerve part because no support was provided. Again, referable to the time constraints, the group was not able to come up with other designs. The team only apply the first thing that came to their mind, and now, set out to prepare the note cards for that design. Results and Discussion The team was only able to come up with a one-level structure of a tower.After construction, the team immediately proceeded with testing the strength and stability of their structure. The tower was only able to hold the weight of one brick. The structure turned out to be weak in the middle portio n because of no added support. Another cylinder could have supported the middle part, where the inwardness of gravity is located and thus, putting much stress and leading to eventual pendulous of the middle note card. Achieving the highest achievement office for a tower supporting one or to a greater extent(prenominal) bricks was the goal of this activity.The performance forefinger can be computed by multiplying the distance from the floor to the bottom of the utmost brick (height in inches) with the number of bricks that was supported. The teams designs performance proponent is __, which was calculated using the height measured multiplied by 1 (only one brick was supported). Given that the tower was only single-layered. The force is relatively high. Recommendations and Closure The structure could have supported more bricks if only more of the note cards were rolled into cylinders and used as base.Though the structure is single-layered, the performance index could still b e high because more bricks will be supported. Another snuggle would have been building a higher structure from the note cards (about deuce layers) but the number of bricks it may be able to hold will remain one. The team should have come up with several designs and thought over guardedly which among their designs should they use. Of course, the design must be something that is sturdy and yet, easy to do, given the limited time allotment.