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ASCE and FPS provide strict rules regulating the National Timber Bridge Design Competition with specifications on timber materials, connections, deflections and loading
Once Timber Bridge construction is completed, testing is done at each university’s laboratory with video recording on the progression of the load tests
Teams are judged on net bridge deflection, net deck deflection, total bridge weight, percent non-wood used, best overall design and best support structure
A technical report must be submitted along with drawings and photographs
Beneficial to students by providing a good learning experience and real life engineering applications
Introduced various analysis components such as cost, construction practices, design, structural strength, safety, and time management that must be considered and balanced in an engineering project
Allowed students a chance to apply what is learned in the classroom to a real, hands-on project and therefore enhance student’s engineering technical skills
Promotes the use of wood products as one of our few renewable natural resource
– 2018 Competition
– 2016 Competition
– 2015 Competition
– 2014 Competition
Each contestant (team) will be required to design, build and test a bridge constructed from wood structural members. The wood used in this project must be from a commercially available species. The treatment of wood members is not a requirement, but contestants must fully address why treatment was not selected and how their bridge will perform in a real-life situation in their locale, considering moisture, temperature and other factors that impact the durability of bridge members. Some locations with low moisture and cold temperatures may not require treatment to AWPA Standards in order to achieve adequate performance throughout the bridge’s expected life. In fact, some teams may find it hard to secure bridge materials within their area that are treated. This change is being implemented to facilitate their entry in this Competition.
The team will be required to design, build and test a bridge constructed from wood structural members. The wood used in this project must be from a commercially available species.
Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom
From Computer
Log in and start your Zoom session with participants
From Phone
To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera
