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PF2501/PF2102 Tutorial 1: Ice-Cream Stick Challenge: Table 1 Criteria For Assessing Final Structure
PF2501/PF2102 Tutorial 1: Ice-Cream Stick Challenge: Table 1 Criteria For Assessing Final Structure
Overview
You are to work in a group of 5-6 persons to design and construct a structure. At the end of the tutorial, students should
have an appreciation of how structural design impacts on structural safety, and project performance.
Design Brief
The challenge is to build a bridge using ice-cream sticks that meets the criteria stated in Table 1.
Criteria Remarks
1. Maximum length (cm) At least 2 ice-cream sticks long
2. Time to delivery (rank) No score if submission is past time allocated
3. Maximum load on middle point (kg)
4. Load to weight of structure ratio
Procedure
Winning Criteria
A score of 1-5 will be given to each team per criterion (see Table 1) based on their ranking among the competing teams.
The team with the highest overall score will win.