Earthquake!!!!
 

- 100 straws
- 3 meters of tape
- must be 30cm x 30 cm, and 200 cm high
- any design

need some ideas. i have to build a building that will survive a mini earthquake for science. my ideas were as light as i could make it with a heavy base and make it a triangular shape stupid: Any good ideas?

Are you allowed to cut the straws?

Very tall buildings have a better chance of surviving a quake. The vibrations get spread out along the tall structure and it will sway more. Buildings around 3-6 stories are more likely to sustain damage during a quake. or you could make a huge ass one story building. tape major connections of the building such as aroudn the roof and floor. and also otehr important areas. make hte outside strong and the inside should stay pretty good. my $0.02

TRIANGLES

It's all about the triangles.

[quote="Unknown_Sniper":b5ea1]Very tall buildings have a better chance of surviving a quake. The vibrations get spread out along the tall structure and it will sway more. Buildings around 3-6 stories are more likely to sustain damage during a quake. or you could make a huge ass one story building. tape major connections of the building such as aroudn the roof and floor. and also otehr important areas. make hte outside strong and the inside should stay pretty good. my $0.02[/quote:b5ea1]


but if you don't support it enough and it sways so much that the center of gravity is not supported, it will fall...

I would go with a short structure and like someone said before, triangles and of course a wide base

ever seen a building thats made to withstand an earthquake? has an X on every wall....here is an example

| | wall of your building or straws ;) with out the X

|X| the X supports the weight of the building so use 25 to make the building and 75 for the X's ed:

Remake the Hindenburg

[img]http://www.trumanlibrary.org/museum/flash/hindenburg.jpg[/img]


use a condom and methane...

[quote="newt.":eba85]Remake the Hindenburg

[img]http://www.trumanlibrary.org/museum/flash/hindenburg.jpg[/img]


use a condom and methane...[/quote:eba85]
thats retarded

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Build a one floor building.... earthquakes don't kill people, structures kill people

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Build a one floor building.... earthquakes don't kill people, structures kill people[/quote:253af]
it has to be 200 cms high asshole

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Build a one floor building.... earthquakes don't kill people, structures kill people[/quote:5e5ff]
earthquakes do too. There was a quake on some pacific island that turned the gound into goo and sucked some people under and killed them. this is a documented fact. there are pictures, survivor recolections and many witness stories.

[quote="Bazooka_Joe":c32c9]Are you allowed to cut the straws?[/quote:c32c9]

Ya huh.

It doesnt matter how many floors. We can make any design we want, as long as it stands the quake.

And the |X| might be helpful, you got somethin there.

I was also thinking about making a spring system, with the straws to carry out the force of the ground moving, but im not an arct. so thats alittle extreme.

and im not sure but i could probably cheat eer somethin by melting the staws together at the tips, or he might let us do it anyways.

[img]http://www.engin.swarthmore.edu/gm/archives/P3010017s.JPG[/img]

rofl, thats sick