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Page 1: Winner Discover Sensors Award Waterford Inst. Of Tech. 2010

Winner Discover Sensors Award

Waterford Inst. Of Tech. 2010

 

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Dungarvan CBS

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Philip Coffey, Gary Hurley, Joseph FoleyTeacher

Mr. Eanna McGrath

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Look at what forces can do to a bridge.

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What Is a Newton?

A Newton is the unit of measurement for a 

Force

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What Is One Newton?

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1 apple=

1 Newton

Joseph shows that

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Forces in Pairs

Newton’s Third Law

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Newton’s third law states that every 

action has an equal and opposite reaction

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Philip demonstrates this law using

two force sensors to

measure the forces acting in

opposite directions upon an elastic band.

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Now to our bridge

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But First,What are many bridges built from?

I beams

But why I beamsWhy not Box section for example?

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I beams are used because they are strong and can resist tension, compression and torsion forces. However they are lighter and cheaper than box 

section.

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And that’s why I beams are used

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We are investigating the forces acting on various 

parts of our bridge as a car travels across it

To do this we use four load cells on the bridge connected to a laptop.

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Load Cells

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Typical forces on the bridge.

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What can affect the forces acting on the bridge?

What about a pothole?

To demonstrate how a pothole can affect the forces on a bridge. 

A force plate is used. Gary applies a force by jumping on it.

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As you can see by the spike the force acting on the force plate is almost quadrupled when Gary crashes 

back down.

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Now we must simulate a pothole on our bridge.

We use an elastic band over the road to simulate this 

situation.

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Typical forces on the bridge with a 

pothole

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Now look at the difference between the two graphs

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Without the pothole

With the pothole

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WithWithout

Comparing the graphs without and with a pothole.

Large Spike Caused By Pothole

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Imagine the advantages sensor technology offers to engineers in building bridge prototypes and 

testing new designs.

This enables them to research and anticipate forces on a bridge.

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Avoiding potholes in the world of 

construction... 

...is just as important as avoiding 

bunkers in the world of golf.

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As Gary says “The stresses involved in both are often the 

same”.