How Do You Build A Spaghetti Bridge?
Building a spaghetti bridge is an educational experiment that demonstrates how bridges work. If you participate in a spaghetti bridge building contest, the contest rules are likely to specify allowable materials, the size of your bridge and how it will be judged. Success is typically determined by how many times its own weight your bridge can hold without breaking. Thus, your goal is to build a lightweight bridge that can support a heavyweight load. Build supports for your bridge. Bundle several strands of pasta together in the shape of a tube. Apply glue to each strand as you go. Hold each bundle together with a rubber band until the glue dries. Build a deck for your bridge (also known as the roadbed–the part of the bridge upon which the load will be placed). Two possible designs are: 1) A round bundle of unglued spaghetti (the lack of glue allows the spaghetti to shift as needed under the weight of the load), or 2) Several layers of spaghetti, with each layer consisting of pieces of
