The purpose of this project was to build a truss that is made from wood and held together by glue. Ounce the trusses were built we put them through stress test. After we tested them we had to figure out how much force was put on each piece.
Conclusion questions:
1. I believe that there was failure in the truss because there was not enough support where the force was applied. Also the materials used were not the best and were easily breakable. 2. If I could redesign the truss I would add a support from the joint at the top of the triangle to the base. Also I would change the type of wood I used to something stronger such as steel or oak. |
Conclusion questions: 1. I believe that there was failure in the truss because the force was not distributed to parts of the truss equally and was instead focused on the center support which broke under the pressure. 2.If I could redesign the truss I would take the support that is slanted out and put in another support that goes vertically. |