Comments on: Truss Design

By: Muutari

Muutari — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:09:36 +0000

would that be like the pratt truss?

By: Muutari

Muutari — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:08:09 +0000

im doing a similar project, but with hot glue and popsicle sticks and im having trouble deciding a truss type. it need to support 50 lbs of weight,be at least 18″ long, 4″ wide, and a max of 12″ high. any ideas

By: katherine

katherine — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:21:42 +0000

can anyone please help me. reply back if you know how to help. i need to make a brigde of of only popsticle sticicks . i think my science teacher wnt let us bring any other materials to use besides his but this is the biggest probloem . it has to hold 4 TEXTBOOKS or else i fail. please please help me .im a 6th grader stuck with the clueless people in class. if you understand my pain then reply back

By: dylan

dylan — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:26:12 +0000

hey, im builing bridges for sciences fair and so far ive build a warren truss, and the howe truss. these bridges are 18inches long, how much do you think these can hold?

By: gjsmo

gjsmo — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:05:54 +0000

Sorry, but yeah it could certainly hold 200 lbs. He most likely beefed it up with a lot of popsicle sticks. Wood glue is good enough if used properly. I saw a vid on youtube with a simple king post that held so much, they were running out of things to use as weight. It was REALLY strong.

By: jake

jake — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:21:59 +0000

i recently made a k-truss brigde in tech-ed class that held over 350 pounds i used hot glue and wood glue and about 100 or so popsicle sticks it was pretty cool because once it broke i didnt just falter ubder the wait it exploded!

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:33:54 +0000

I need to make a crane arm that extends 6 inches from a stable surface and fill a gallon bucket up with water until it breaks. Would ny of these truss designs be ideal for this?

By: roy aubertin

roy aubertin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:46:35 +0000

hey, love ur work! love ur song! which is the strongest bridge design? i’m a big fan of ur designs,

By: aishikimiru

aishikimiru — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:33:30 +0000

I think the pratt truss is better.
someone told me that the compressional members are more efficient if in an I shape or in a T shape. . .

By: sohan kumar grover

sohan kumar grover — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:24:41 +0000

when you stated that for a howe truss you would have to use larger compression member, were you referring to the diagonal member or vertical member? thanks for your clarification.