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Show Model bridge contest sponsored by SUSC susc students at SUSC and Dixie College. Enthusiasm and excitement for the project has been very high and some tested bridges have gone as high as 900 pounds, according ac-cording to Professor Richard Kimball, SUSC Engineering t I Department He notes that the contest is an exercise in applying mathematical concepts in the design and construction of the bridges. The hydraulic tester was acquired by the SL'SC Engineering Department from the Civil Engineering depart- , ment at Utah State University. After completion, your bridge would be placed in a topographic model of the canyon, scaled to Suppose you were to build a scale model of a two-lane bridge across a deep canyon. Using a scale of 1" equals 10', you must meet certain specifications, in addition to allowing a clearance of 30 feet for the passage of boats on the stream below. Building materials would consist of three ounces of balsa wood, a couple of pine base-blocks, base-blocks, medium weight illustration board and a ounce tube of testors glue. represent a section of rugged Utah terrain, then tested for strength using a hydraulic testing device placed above the bridge. Increasing amounts of pressure would be applied until the structure collapses. Competition to build the strongest bridge is being tackled by 200 high school and college Students in southwestern Utah. The model bridge building contest is sponsored by the Southern Utah State College Engineering Department. Testing will be completed this week during National Engineering Week, now in progress. Cash prizes will be awarded first and second place winners in each participating high school (Hurrican, Panguitch, Tropic, Valley, Kanab, Piute, Beaver, Milford, Delta, Dixie, Millard, Parowan and Cedar). A grand prize will be awarded the bridge with the ultimate load-carrying capacity. Competition is also being carried out among college |