can only use cylindrical spaghetti and the spaghetti cant be hollow
2007-09-27 07:21:59 · 5 answers · asked by Diego O 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Do you need to build gusset plates? Will it hold without them?
How about gluing several pieces of spaghetti to one another side by side, and then doing that again with pieces that are oriented 90 degrees, so you'll have two perpendicular layers?
2007-09-27 07:25:49 · answer #1 · answered by Brian L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just attach short pieces of spaghetti in the corners at a 45 degree angle. This will form a braced corner the same as a gusset plate
2007-09-27 09:21:10 · answer #2 · answered by gatorbait 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cook the spaghetti that you want to make the joints with. That way it can be used like rope and after setting it should be as good as the rest of the bridge. Try to over lap the dry quite abit and lash the pieces together like a raft from Gilligan's Isle
2007-09-27 12:12:08 · answer #3 · answered by mavis b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either use BrianL's suggestion of making 2-ply layers like plywood (ply-pasta?), or just use diagonal braces as needed.
Check your pasta strands closely, though. Look for nicks, cracks, etc, and for straight strands. My son was part of a team that built a structure of pasta that weighed under 50 grams, yet supported 300 lbs.
2007-09-27 07:54:59 · answer #4 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is cylindrical and hollow spagetti
and u may use lasaghnia plates
2007-09-27 07:41:27 · answer #5 · answered by koki83 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋