Week 7

This week we turned in our Draft Final Report. We also received the final version of our 3D model after it was printed. After seeing our model, we decided on how we are going to do tests and gather results. We decided to use a hairdryer/fan to pose as wind and determine how well it stands with and without our design difference. Alternatively, we will test its stability by raising the model to an incline until it reaches its tipping point with different weights at positions on the towers.  This will give us the ability to calculate the horizontal force it can withstand through a calculation of the horizontal gravitational force that we can calculate. The design change of a tuned mass damping system will be represented by a number of washers that we will attach with wire to the different towers of the structure.  This will give us the ability to change the weight shifting of structure.  This is our prototype before our design change:

Figure 1: Front View

Figure 2: Right View

Figure 3: Top View