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Form and Function

For this project we were tasked with editing and adding onto an existing bridge to account for water traffic passing through a 30' x 40' opening. 

Name: Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge
Type: Cable Stay
Location: Missouri River between Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa

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Name: Sydney Harbor Bridge
Type: Arch
Location: Sydney, Australia 

Name: Key Bridge
Type: Cantilever
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

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Movement Analogies

After finding 5 five household items that have two or more hinges, we selected three. I chose a vice grip, an ice cream scoop and a wine bottle opener. After selecting our three objects we modelled them in 3D to better understand their functions.

Vice Grip

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Ice Cream Scoop

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Wine Bottle Opener

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Preliminary 3x3 Prototype Table

We used the three different household items and combined them with the bridges to make 9 different bridge prototypes.

Selected Model and Bridge

After creating our 3 x 3 table I selected 1 out of the 9 designs.

Views

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South-East View

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South-West View

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North-West View

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North-East View

Building Process

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Final Design

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