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spaghetti bridge

{{Short description|Bridge made of uncooked noodles}}

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A spaghetti bridge is an architectural model of a bridge, made of uncooked spaghetti or other hard, dry, straight noodles. Bridges are constructed for both educational experiments and competitions. The aim is usually to construct a bridge with a specific quantity of materials over a specific span, that can sustain a load. In competitions, the bridge that can hold the greatest load for a short period of time wins the contest.{{cite web| url =http://www.jhu.edu/virtlab/spaghetti-bridge/| title =Spaghetti Bridge

| first =Michael| last =Karweit| year =2009| work =What is Engineering? (course syllabus)| publisher =Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering| location =Baltimore| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20080517124842/http://www.jhu.edu/virtlab/spaghetti-bridge/| archivedate =May 17, 2008| accessdate =| quote =| ref =Karweit}}{{better source needed|date=May 2021}} There are many contests around the world, usually held by schools and colleges.

Okanagan College contest

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The original Spaghetti Bridge competition has run at Okanagan College in British Columbia since 1983,{{cite news |url=https://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/okanagan-college-in-kelowna-hosts-spaghetti-bridge-building-competition/|title=Okanagan College in Kelowna hosts spaghetti bridge building competition - Kelowna Capital News |date=24 February 2019 }} and is open to international entrants{{cite news |last1=Squire |first1=J. P. |title=Lumby trio uses noodle to finish 1-2-3 in contest |url=http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article_a4c3c3ec-c47d-11e4-b802-33bf70c3c688.html |accessdate=1 November 2020 |work=Daily Courier |language=en}} who are full-time secondary or post-secondary students.

The winners of the 2009 competition were Norbert Pozsonyi and Aliz Totivan of the Szechenyi Istvan University of Győr in Hungary. They won $1,500 with a bridge that weighed 982 grams and held 443.58 kg. Second place went to Brendon Syryda and Tyler Pearson of Okanagan College with a bridge that weighed 982 grams and held 98.71 kg.{{cite web| url =https://www.okanagan.bc.ca/news/hungarians-shatter-spaghetti-bridge-world-record| title =Spaghetti Bridge Contest History: Heavyweight| year =2009| work =Spaghetti Bridge Contest| publisher =Okanagan College| location =Kelowna, British Columbia| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20091213105155/http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/departments/engineeringtechnologies/spaghettibridge/history/heavyweight.html| archivedate =December 13, 2009| url-status =live}}

Contests

Spaghetti bridge building contests around the world include:

  • Abbotsford School District{{Cite web |url=http://www.sd34.bc.ca/cms/One.aspx?portalId=944111&pageId=3647818M |title=Home |access-date=2013-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127102407/http://www.sd34.bc.ca/cms/One.aspx?portalId=944111 |archive-date=2012-01-27 |url-status=dead }}
  • Australian Maritime College{{cite web |url=http://www.amc.edu.au/news/bridge-competition-still-not-pasta-use-date |title=Bridge competition still not pasta use by date | Australian Maritime College |publisher=Amc.edu.au |date=2010-10-05 |accessdate=2013-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505152646/https://www.amc.edu.au/news/bridge-competition-still-not-pasta-use-date |archive-date=2013-05-05 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.amc.edu.au/news/students-put-design-skills-test |title=Students put design skills to the test | Australian Maritime College |publisher=Amc.edu.au |date=2011-05-23 |accessdate=2013-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184015/http://www.amc.edu.au/news/students-put-design-skills-test |archive-date=2013-10-29 |url-status=dead }}
  • Budapest Technical University{{cite web|url=http://reccs.hu/en |title=RECCS 2013 - World Championship in Spaghetti Bridge Building |publisher=Reccs.hu |date= |accessdate=2013-09-16}}
  • Camosun College{{cite web|url=http://camosun.ca/learn/programs/civil/index.html |title=Civil Engineering Technology - Camosun College |publisher=Camosun.ca |date=2011-04-14 |accessdate=2013-09-16}}
  • Coonabarabran High School{{cite web|url=http://www.coonabarab-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/news/spaghettibridge.htm |title=Coonabarabran High School Home Page |publisher=Coonabarab-h.schools.nsw.edu.au |date=2013-06-14 |accessdate=2013-09-16}}
  • Delft University of Technology{{cite web |url=http://www.spaghetti.citg.tudelft.nl/ |title=SpaghettCie 2012 - Welkom |accessdate=2012-01-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219014707/http://www.spaghetti.citg.tudelft.nl/ |archivedate=2013-02-19 }}
  • Ferris State University{{cite web|url=http://www.ferris.edu/sbridges/ |title=Spaghetti Bridge Competition - Ferris State University |publisher=Ferris.edu |date=2013-01-01 |accessdate=2013-09-16}}
  • George Brown Collegehttp://www.georgebrown.ca/techcity/techcity2006/spaghetti_bridge.asp{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Institute of Machine Design and Security Technology{{cite web|url=http://reccs.hu/en/node/82 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602112040/http://reccs.hu/en/node/82 |archivedate=June 2, 2009 |title = A new, sensational record at the Carpathian Basin Spaghetti Bridge Competition }}
  • Instituto GayLussac - Ensino Fundamental e Médio
  • Universidade da Coruña, Escola Politécnica de Enxeñaría
  • Italy High School{{cite web |url=http://www.italyhighschool.org/spaghetti%20bridge.htm |title=Spaghetti Bridge Contest Web Quest for Physics |accessdate=2009-12-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907033504/http://www.italyhighschool.org/spaghetti%20bridge.htm |archivedate=2006-09-07 }}
  • James Cook University[http://www.ece.jcu.edu.au/Community%20Resources/SpaghettiBridgeCompetition2007.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721140637/http://www.ece.jcu.edu.au/Community%20Resources/SpaghettiBridgeCompetition2007.pdf|date=July 21, 2008}}
  • Johns Hopkins University{{cite web|url=http://www.jhu.edu/news/audio-video/spaghetti.html |title=The 11th Annual Spaghetti Bridge Contest |publisher=Jhu.edu |date=2004-12-05 |accessdate=2013-09-16}}
  • McGill University{{cite web|url=http://www.scybolt.com/spaghetti_bridge.html |title=McGill Spaghetti Bridge Contest |publisher=Scybolt.com |date=2003-12-02 |accessdate=2013-09-16}}
  • Monash University
  • Nathan Hale High School{{cite web|url=http://www.seattleschools.org/schools/hale/bridge/spaghetti_bridge_rules.html |date = 11 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303065303/http://www.seattleschools.org/schools/hale/bridge/spaghetti_bridge_rules.html |archivedate=March 3, 2011|title = 1st Annual Student Spaghetti Bridge Building Contest }}
  • Okanagan College{{cite web |url=http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/departments/engineeringtechnologies/spaghettibridge.html |title=Spaghetti Bridge Contest at Okanagan College |publisher=Okanagan.bc.ca |date=2013-03-01 |accessdate=2013-09-16 |archive-date=2013-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219152037/http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/departments/engineeringtechnologies/spaghettibridge.html |url-status=dead }}
  • Riga Technical University{{cite web|url=http://stiks.lv|title= Spaghetti bridge building competition STiKS |publisher=Users Matiss Baumanis |date= |accessdate=2015-01-05}}
  • Rowan University{{cite web |url=http://users.rowan.edu/~everett/courses/frcli/spagBrdge.htm |title=Freshman Clinic I, Section 3, Spaghetti Bridge |publisher=Users.rowan.edu |accessdate=2013-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914175459/http://users.rowan.edu/~everett/courses/frcli/spagBrdge.htm |archive-date=2013-09-14 |url-status=dead }}
  • Technical University of Madrid{{Cite web|url=http://www.dobooku.com/2017/10/concurso-de-puentes-de-espaguetis-upm-2017/|title=Spaghetti bridge contest UPM 2017 – dobooku|last=|first=|date=|website=www.dobooku.com|language=es-ES|access-date=2017-12-09}}
  • Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul{{cite web|author=Luis Alberto Segovia Gonzalez |url=http://www.cpgec.ufrgs.br/segovia/espaguete |title=Competição de Pontes de Espaguete |publisher=Cpgec.ufrgs.br |date= |accessdate=2013-09-16}}
  • University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy{{cite web|url=http://uacg.bg/?p=85&l=1&id=70&ord=0,1,0,40 |title=УАСГ - Студенти и Докторанти - Новини - Spaghetti Bridge Competition |publisher=Uacg.bg |date=2011-04-15 |accessdate=2013-09-16}}
  • University of British Columbia{{cite web|url=http://www.physics.ubc.ca/outreach/web/JPEC/jpec_2005.php |url-status=dead |title = 1st Annual Junior Physics and Engineering Competition|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306060357/http://www.physics.ubc.ca/outreach/web/JPEC/jpec_2005.php |archivedate=March 6, 2008 }}
  • [https://www.ubt-uni.net/en/home/ University of Business and Technology, Kosovo]{{Cite journal |last=University for Business and Technology |date=2019-01-04 |title=1st Spaghetti Bridge Building |url=https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/tube/199/ |journal=UBT Tube}}
  • University of Maribor{{cite web|url=http://ajktm.fg.um.si/ |title=How strong is the bridge - Ali je kaj trden most, University of Maribor, Faculty of Civil engineering |publisher=fg.um.si |date=2015-03-12 |accessdate=2015-03-12}}
  • University of Salento{{cite web|url=http://spaghettibridge.unisalento.it/ |title=Spaghetti Bridge Competition at University of Salento, Lecce - Italy |publisher=Unisalento.it |date=2014-01-14 |accessdate=2014-01-14}}
  • University of South Australia{{cite web |url=http://www.unisa.edu.au/unisanews/2007/May/spaghetti.asp |title=UniSANews - Spaghetti bridge winners hard to beat |publisher=Unisa.edu.au |date=2009-09-07 |accessdate=2013-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218134835/http://www.unisa.edu.au/unisanews/2007/May/spaghetti.asp |archive-date=2012-02-18 |url-status=dead }}
  • University of Southern California{{cite web |url=http://ae-www.usc.edu/news/spaghettiBridge/ |title=USC Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering : AME News |publisher=Ae-www.usc.edu |accessdate=2013-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029183631/http://ae-www.usc.edu/news/spaghettiBridge/ |archive-date=2013-10-29 |url-status=dead }}
  • University of Technology Sydney{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2004/09/building-the-perfect-bridge|title = Building the perfect bridge |date = 2 September 2004 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102095146/http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/2004/09/building-the-perfect-bridge |archivedate=2 January 2014|last = Kynaston|first = Belinda }}
  • University of Tehran{{Cite web|url=https://www.irna.ir/news/82739423/مسابقات-سازه-هاي-ماكاروني-دانشگاه-تهران-و-جابجايي-ركوردهاي-كشوري|title=مسابقات سازه هاي ماكاروني دانشگاه تهران و جابجايي ركوردهاي كشوري|date=2017-11-22|website=ایرنا|language=fa|access-date=2020-02-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://ut.ac.ir/fa/news/6576/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86|title=برگزاری دومین دوره مسابقه ملی سازه‌های ماکارونی در دانشگاه تهران|website=دانشگاه تهران|language=fa|access-date=2020-02-11}}
  • University of the Andes{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8333978.stm |title=Americas | Spaghetti bridge contest in Chile |publisher=BBC News |date=2009-10-30 |accessdate=2013-09-16}}
  • Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
  • Winston Science{{cite web |url=http://www.winstonscience.org/wsci/events/2009/spaghettibridge.shtml |title=Solar Car Challenge - SolarCarChallenge - High School Solar |publisher=Winstonscience.org |accessdate=2013-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327142720/http://www.winstonscience.org/wsci/events/2009/spaghettibridge.shtml |archive-date=2010-03-27 |url-status=dead }}{{failed verification|date=September 2018}}
  • Woodside Elementary Schoolhttp://www2.hamiltondist.k12.wi.us/currentnews/news-print.php?id=377{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design{{cite web| url = https://plus.google.com/photos/108400770804881675917/albums/5858087507567357953| title = Sign in - Google Accounts}}
  • Universidad de Buenos Aires - [http://www.fadu.uba.ar/ Facultad de Arquitectura Diseño y Urbanismo]{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/secretar%C3%ADa-de-comunicaci%C3%B3n-fadu/estructura-de-fideos/1134244460057996/|title=Estructura de fideos|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-22}}
  • Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Santa Catarina - Joinville, Brazil{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifsc.edu.br/noticia/1809128/competi%C3%A7%C3%A3o-de-pontes-de-macarr%C3%A3o-desafia-alunos-do-t%C3%A9cnico-em-mec%C3%A2nica|title = Portal do IFSC - Notícia Aberta}}

See also

References

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Winston Science http://www.winston-school.org/?PageName=LatestNews&Section=Highlights&ItemID=106650&ISrc=School&Itype=Highlights&SchoolID=4831

Further reading

- Estimating the weight and the failure load of a spaghetti bridge: a deep learning approach [https://doi.org/10.1080/0952813X.2019.1694590 DOI:10.1080/0952813X.2019.1694590]

External links

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