Project 1 : Fettuccine Truss Bridge

Truss is a structure built up of three or more members which are normally considered being pinned and hinged at the joints. The following figure shows different types of trusses. Load applied to the truss is transmitted to joint so that each individual members are in either pure tension or compression.

In a group, you are required to design and construct a fettucini bridge of 350mm clear span and maximumweight of 80g. These requirements are to be met, or else it may result in reduction of grade. The bridge willbe then tested to fail.Other than aesthetic value, the design of the bridge must be of high efficiency, i.e. using the least material tosustain the higher load. The efficiency of the bridge is given as following; Weight of bridgeMaximum LoadEfficiency,E2In order to achieve higher efficiency, you need to analyse and evaluate each of the following items.- Material strengtho By adopting appropriate method, determine the strength of fettucini, i.e. tension and compressionstrengtho By knowing the strength of fettucini, you will be able to determine which members to bestrengthened- Structural analysis of the trusso Perform detailed structural analysis of the trusso Identify critical memberso Strengthened the critical members if necessary