新车间 [Xinchejian]

• 时间：2012年1月15日下午1点到5点 （星期天）
• 地点：新车间: 上海市安化路76号301室（近江苏路）
• 队伍：2人~4人一组
• 费用：免费，位子有限，请务必在线上报名！（希望能帮忙寻找赞助商）

意大利面桥梁设计比赛规则

桥梁设计规则
1.每支队伍需要使用意大利面和热溶胶设计制造一个桥结构，比赛的目标是在不违反比赛规则的前提下设计建造一个能够承受最多重量的桥梁结构。
2.参赛者在建造过程中只允许使用以下材料：
* 1包意大利面（500克）
* 5根热熔胶棒
* 1只用于挂接负载的金属钩
* 两支热熔胶枪(不可用于桥梁结构中）
3.桥梁必须能够在没有外界帮助的情况下自我站立于相距50厘米的两个水平面之中。
4.水平面的边以及垂直面不可以用于支持桥梁。
5.桥梁必须将所提供的金属钩作为结构中的一部分，成绩测量时重物将被挂在此勾上，如桥梁上有任何结构妨碍测量重量的挂载，该桥梁将被取消参赛资格。
6.桥梁结构的总高度（置于水平面上时最高点和最低点之差）不得超过50厘米。
7.桥梁被置于测试水平面上后其最高点不得高过水平面上40厘米，最低点不得低过水平面下20厘米。
8.最先注册的12只队伍拥有参赛资格，每支队伍不得超过4人。

裁决规则

A.任何在无外力帮助下不能稳定站立于测试平面的桥梁将被取消参赛资格。
B.桥梁的承重能力将通过挂载在金属钩上面的弹簧秤测量，弹簧秤下方将挂载一只塑料桶以便置放重物，任何不能承载弹簧秤和塑料桶的桥梁将被取消参赛资格
C.参赛者将对自己的桥梁添加重量，裁判在每次添加重量后记录成绩。
D.在桥梁结构损毁前的最后一次记录的重量将成为该桥的最后成绩。
E.以下几种情况将被认定为桥梁结构损毁：
* 桥梁已不能在测试平面上自我站立
* 超过50%的桥梁结构从主结构上掉落到地面
* 桥梁的最低点从不负重时的最低点下沉超过10厘米
F.裁判所记录的每支桥梁的最大承重将被作为排名的唯一标准，承重最多的桥梁胜出。
G.裁判在有争议出现时拥有最终裁定权，裁判有权在任何时间取消任何一支队伍的参赛权。

At XinCheJian (http://xinchejian.com), we had a neat test event with help from TechYizu.org: building bridges out of spaghetti.

Inside this video, you can see the XinCheJian test event. We also have pictures available in this blog post.

Official Event:

• Date: January 15th 2012 (Sunday) from 1PM to 5PM
• Location:XinCheJian: No.76 Anhua Road suite 301, near Jiangsu Road
• Team size: 2 to 4 persons
• Entry fee: Free, places are limited, please REGISTER online! (help with finding sponsorships appreciated)

Techyizu & Xinchejian Spaghetti Bridge Competition Rule

Bridge building rules:

1. Each group is to build a bridge made from spaghetti and hot glue. The object is to construct a bridge that will carry the heaviest load while still meeting specifications. Bridges will be loaded until they fail.

2. The bridge is to be built from and only from the given materials:
* 1 bag of spaghetti (500g)
* 5 hot glue sticks
* 1 metal hook for weight attachment
* 2 hot glue guns that cannot be used in the bridge structure

3. The bridge shall be free-standing and must span two level surfaces which are 50 centimetres apart.

4. The edges of the level surfaces cannot be used in any way for support.

5. The bridge must incorporate the given metal hook as part of the structure. The testing weight would be attached to the hook. Any structure that forbids attachment of the testing weight would disqualify the bridge.

6. The maximum vertical depth of the bridge, from the highest point in its structure to the lowest cannot exceed 50 cm.

7. The highest point of the bridge cannot be higher than 40cm above the two level surfaces, the lowest point of the bridge cannot be lower than 20 cm below the two level surfaces.

8. Only the first 12 registered teams would be eligible to enter the competition, each team is allowed up to 4 participants.

Judging rules:

A. Any bridge that fails to stand on its own and span the two level surface would be disqualified.

B. A spring weighting scale would be attached to the hook, and a empty bucket would be attached below the weighting scale. Any bridge that failed to support the weighting scale and bucket would be disqualified.

C. Participants will be adding weight to the bridges themselves, judges would make recordings of the weight loaded.

D. The last recorded weight from the spring weighting scale before the bridge structure fails would be counted as the result (total loaded weight) of that particular bridge.

E. A bridge structure would be considered failed if:
* Bridge fails to stay free standing between the two level surfaces
* 50% of the bridge structure falls off from the main structure to the ground
* The lowest point of the bridge is more than 10cm below its lowest point in free standing position

F. Teams will be ranked on their result, the total loaded weight measured, bridge supports the most weight wins.

G. The judge have the last undisputed say on the out come of the competition. Judge has the right to disqualify any team at any given time without any reason.