Tuesday, 26 April 2016
ARCH CONSTRUCTION
Our Archi.
Our Arch was been destroyed.....
EXPERIENCE:
-It was a good lesson for me because I get to learn something by using my hand which I had to mold the clay (monster clay) by using both of my hand, our creativity to design a limitation arch and also through my observation of our arch performance. Though at the end of the class our arch was been knock down due to the bullets of our classmates. However, it was a fun activity that day.
PERSONAL CONCLUSION:
- The first attempt for our arch to withstand the load which 3 smartphone, our arch was really sturdy and can last for around 10 seconds.
- Then the third attempt where by there will be 7 smartphones on our arch and need to last for 50 seconds. When one of our classmates already done putting all the 7 phones, the middle of arch was started to sink and I was quite worried because the arch need to last for quite sometime and the phones will might fell down but surprisingly our arch did withstand the load in 50 seconds.
- Hence, for that observation I would say that we have to let the arch to dry for a while so that the structure become more sturdy though our was quite sturdy on that day but to be sure we should let it dry for a longer time and also the design for each parts of top arch should be well design in order to give more solid on the top and also the middle parts should little bit smaller because the one that we did was kind of big and also heavier than the other parts.
- Other than that, the last test where our classmates will throw some small clay or plasticine as a ammunition to the last standing arch after the seismic test. Sadly for this test our arch was destroy because of the top arch was not solid enough.
