Design and build the perfect bridge

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Link to movie: Learning goals Featuring active and experiential learning in a design-build-test environment Develop a project from concept to completion. Enhancing the students’ professional skills such as teamwork and communication Explore the possibilities of 3D Printing applied to engineering 3D designing with SolidWorks & 3D printing Creating the final draft with a 3D printer Learning to face challenges and to solve problems using creativity and ingenuity Time indication 1 semester Type of education University of Ghent Country: Belgium Level of education: Bachelor Education toolbox Which design program do you use? SolidWorks Which other tools and equipment do you need? Cura 3D printer and filament Theme/ subject Engineering Mathematics Design Project description The main goal of this project is to design and build a prototype bridge. There will be 10 teams of 5 students. The design of the bridge will be tested virtually and then printed on an Ultimaker 3D printer. The categories of this year’s competition structural efficiency and cost. The construction should resemble a real-life bridge with an accessible single lane deck. Due to manufacturing constraints, the construction will include multiple segments. Each one of these segments has to fit within a virtual cube sized 20x20x20 cm and is to be printed in PLA. No other materials can be used for the assembly of the different parts and no other reinforcements of the bridge are allowed. Finally, the bridge must be self-supporting and the use of any glued parts is prohibited.