Make a bridge out of pasta............?

Question

I have a meter of normal tape and 20 noodles (fettuccine). I need to make a bridge that is 5 cm tall and holds the weight of a textbook.

Answer 1

I had to do something similair to this in my engineering class... but we had this reay soft wood, balsa wood. And that stuff breaks really easily... ok, so if you want to make a stong structure make a brige that has an arch (get the noodles wet to do this) this will allow even pressure. Also it might be helpful to draw out a sketch of the side veiw and use needes to hold your wet noodles in place while they dry. Also you will want to make the base support that has cros hatch support, but focuse it to a point almost like a pyrimaid... one more thing, if you know how to use autoCAD then you can draw out a plan that will show if you have enough material or not for your design.

I hope this helps, feel free to reply if you want more info.