In science we did a project were we created earthquake resistant buildings out of spaghetti and glue tack. I was in a project with Steven Geng and Darcy Smith for it. In it we used many different techniques to make our building earthquake proof. We used a cross design in between our beams to stop the beams from collapsing onto each other, this caused the beams to be pushed away from the center making sure it wouldn’t cause it to collapse into the other beams and causing a chain reaction. We also put supports in the middle of the building, this was to stop it from collapsing into the inside of the building and in turn falling onto the other side of the building. We tried to use real world examples for these 2 which you can see in earthquake proof buildings, in them they have supports to protect it from collapsing onto itself as well as cross supports for each beam. Overall we used real life earthquake proof designs to make our design earthquake resistant.
Our solution was different to other peoples in that way. Most other people used a triangle base instead of a square base which saved them materials. Because of this they were able to use more materials on the supports and made it more stable. This was one of the reasons that our tower wasn’t as stable and collapsed while the others survived. Our communication was good because of how we worked on the same parts together, in it we made sure two of us supported the tower while one of us built. We mainly got Steven to build as he was the most careful and I mainly held up the structure, this style was effective and made us able to build in the timeframe. We had an some minor issues making the model including Darcy accidently putting to much force on one of the beams breaking it and almost destroying the entire building. Overall we used real life earthquake proof designs to make our design earthquake resistant. Overall our solution was different to other peoples but it didn’t effect our good collaboration.
