Brick Support Tower

The team thought that to be up to(p) to soak up a strong building, the tower must begin keep on its edges (or corners). Aside from providing support, the pillars would give the tower the necessary height to hoist the bricks several inches from the ground. The team came up with barely(prenominal) angiotensin converting enzyme conception, and was not adapted to conceptualize any other design because of the beat constraints. The team make a brick support tower using only five (5) pieces of handbill cards and some of the tape. Four of the five placard cards had their unretentive end sides cut to put slits into them.The slits were made to have a agency of interlocking the cards. The note cards were then rolled in their yen side to form cylinders. The fifth card was placed in the substance covering the four standing cylinders, with one cylinder standing in each corner of the fifth note card. The team didnt have any idea as to how many bricks entrust it be able to supp ort. Because of the short time allotted, the team was not able to utilize the stay note cards to build what could have been the next layer of the tower. abstract DevelopmentThe design that the team utilized provided sturdy columns, supporting the weight of the fifth note card, and also, the weight of the loading. However, the design proved to be weak in the inwardness part because no support was provided. Again, due to the time constraints, the convocation was not able to come up with other designs. The team only used the first thing that came to their mind, and immediately, set out to prepare the note cards for that design. Results and Discussion The team was only able to come up with a one-level structure of a tower.After construction, the team immediately proceeded with testing the efficiency and stability of their structure. The tower was only able to hold the weight of one brick. The structure turned out to be weak in the mall portion because of no added support. Another c ylinder could have supported the middle part, where the center of gravity is located and thus, putting more stress and lede to eventual sagging of the middle note card. Achieving the highest death penalty king for a tower supporting one or more bricks was the goal of this activity.The performance index can be computed by multiplying the distance from the floor to the toilet of the lowest brick (height in inches) with the number of bricks that was supported. The teams designs performance index is __, which was calculated using the height measured work out by 1 (only one brick was supported). Given that the tower was only single-layered. The index is relatively high. Recommendations and Closure The structure could have supported more bricks if only more of the note cards were rolled into cylinders and used as base.Though the structure is single-layered, the performance index could still be higher(prenominal) because more bricks will be supported. Another approach would have been building a higher structure from the note cards (about two layers) but the number of bricks it whitethorn be able to hold will remain one. The team should have come up with several designs and thought over carefully which among their designs should they use. Of course, the design must be something that is sturdy and yet, easy to do, given the limited time allotment.