{"id":475,"date":"2008-05-19T01:02:52","date_gmt":"2008-05-19T05:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/amazing-pasta-t"},"modified":"2013-07-30T12:40:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T12:40:37","slug":"amazing-pasta-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2008\/05\/amazing-pasta-t.html","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Pasta Testing Results."},"content":{"rendered":"

Raw Barilla Fettuccini Pasta is Surprisingly Strong<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

                                                                                                                                                                <\/span>        <\/span> <\/span>By Richard Williams; 5\/19\/2008<\/span><\/p>\n

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         <\/span>This latest article report would be the sort of thing that would make a lot of money here in Las Vegas, if it were used to bet upon the test results, by the legal gambling institutions here.  <\/span>I know I would have lost money if I had bet on how much a strut of Fettuccini Pasta with dimensions of 3\/16\u201d inch wide (4.7625mm), by .06 of an inch thick (1.5240mm), by 8\u201d long (20.32cm) would support in stress weight tests. <\/span>It is even more surprisingly so when made into an I-Beam shape like those used in buildings we see going up around the world.  <\/span>Remember, this is the same pasta that you cook and eat. <\/span>Right out of the box it measures 10\u201d inches long but I trimmed it back to eight inches to get better sections with straight ends that I cut myself. <\/span>I performed these tests over the last week and I think you will be tremendously surprised about the data that I was able to gather and provide to you.  <\/span>Truly some tests had amazing results.  <\/span>My data is also not the definitive answer here for the results of all brands of pasta, just the Barilla Fettuccini type.  <\/span>I am also including another PDF report that was done in three different universities in South America.  <\/span>They used a round pasta and Fettuccini is a slightly oval configuration.  <\/span>I was able to make I-Beams out of Fettuccini Pasta to build my bridge but I don\u2019t think it would be possible to do it with the round type. <\/span>I\u2019m also going to list once again those pasta bridge building web sites for you.  <\/span>Do enjoy the data and descriptive procedure with pictures and do please consider this much less expensive material than the balsa woods that many of you teachers out there use.  <\/span>In truth that is why I did this project to begin with, to give you a much cheaper alternative.  <\/span>This would not be suggested for the lower grade levels but could be incorporated in 7th<\/sup> grades on up to college grades.  <\/span>It also would not have to be this elaborate either.  <\/span>Enjoy.  <\/span>(copy and paste links if they do not link up to web site automatically)<\/span><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/civil.camosun.bc.ca\/spaghetti_bridge\/2008Pics\/content\/Skills_Canada_2008_SB_032_large.html<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>
https:\/\/www.researchchannel.org\/prog\/displayevent.aspx?rID=4070<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>
https:\/\/civil.camosun.bc.ca\/spaghetti_bridge\/Index.htm<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>
https:\/\/www.researchchannel.org\/prog\/displayevent.aspx?rID=4070<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>
https:\/\/www.physics.uwo.ca\/science_olympics\/events\/grades_11_to_12\/london_bridge.html<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ppgec.ufrgs.br\/segovia\/espaguete\/software.html<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

https:\/\/bridgecontest.usma.edu\/manual.htm<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

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Download pasta_testing.pdf<\/a> <\/p>\n

and my own test results    <\/p>\n

Download fettuccini_pasta_testing_data.doc<\/a><\/p>\n

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