In science, I learned about the earth and space. In fact, we learned quite a bit about earthquakes. Our team , who knew everything about earthquakes, was assigned to construct an earthquake-resistant structure. A project with a limited amount of blue tacks and spaghetti and need to create a structure that can withstand a simulated earthquake

Project Overview;

This project aims to increase our knowledge of earthquake resistant buildings as earthquakes are a huge and real problem all over the world. Countries at the edge of the Pacific Ocean (Ring of Fire) are most affected by earthquakes. These countries include Chile, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. About 20,000 people die in earthquakes every year. Therefore, it is an important development to provide all our structures with a brief overview of the engineering process to ensure that our structures withstand earthquakes. What changes would you make to the process to improve the group’s performance in the future? Our design was stable, withstanding all three types of earthquakes ( P wave, S wave, Surface wave) and strong enough to stand upside down . The structure withstood all three types of earthquakes due to several design features that were considered:
– Double the spaghetti to make the building stronger and sturdier. “Crossover” design for increased building stableness.
– Structure not too high to prevent the building from overturning

All of these factors meant that the structure was able to withstand seismic vibrations, which meant less impact on the building. Our team designed the structure well, and when it came to building the structure, we all recognized our strengths and skills and used them to assign tasks to each other. It has been so beneficial to use our strengths and skills to work together and be assigned the right job, One thing that changes in this process is the actual design of the structure. We survived all the earthquakes, but our building didn’t meet the height requirements. To change this, start by raising the base. This increases the chances of the tower being taller. Our tower needed more spaghetti, spend less on blue tac and shift to buying more spaghetti. .