Jordan Banyas week 7 post

This week we reconstructed our bridge based on the results of last week's weigh in. Our bridge held a disheartening 17.4 pounds of compression on our bridge, however we are confident we can fix the problems. Learning about how to calculate the force exerted on our outer trusses would be very useful information. Right now, based on our knowledge of the summation of forces and that each angle is at a forty-five degree angle, we can have a basic understanding as to how the forces are dispersed. By taking the cosine or sine of fourty-five and setting it equal to the amount of weight exerted on the bridge, we can successfully calculate how much force each member we will hold. The only question is how much force will it take to break our design?