Truss Bridge Design Competition
Thứ tư - 02/11/2022 00:42
On October 15, 2022, Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of UTCHCMC as the main host, in coordination with Student Culture House in Ho Chi Minh City, organized the Truss Bridge Design Competition.
The program is a hands-on engineering competition aimed to engage students interested in the science, technology and engineering fields. This event is designed to encourage university, college and high school students in Ho Chi Minh City to address real-world truss structures and inspire them to consider careers in transportation and civil engineering.
Students can draw by hand, use Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) or even 3-D modeling software to design a truss bridge.
Students will work in groups and use their design to create a wood model in three hours. Truss bridge have a span of at least 80 mm, entirely out of sticks, wood flour and 502 glue. All their bridge models will also be tested on the day of the competition.
This truss bridge (STRONG team) is the current record holder at the UTCHCMC Faculty of Engineering. It supported 365 kg before be collapsed.
"Participating in this competition is really wonderful. The enjoyment doubles when my team won in the competition." said Trần Thanh Phong, a student at the UTCHCMC.