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23EM_X07

EQUILIBRIUM MODEL / EXPERIMENT SEVEN

Conrad Schmid
Hanan Traiba
Shaelyn Parker

The main question our team wanted to answer with our equilibrium model was how can you suspend a horizontal platform without having any compression elements directly attached to it?
Our initial idea was to drill a pattern of holes into the base to allow for pole elements to be positioned in different ways. We then laser cut different shapes, including the base and triangle shapes, all with slots so that they can be joined together. We used the triangle shapes to attach string to the platform, and then the string is run over grooves on top of the main pole and down to the base where it is attached with stick pins. We attempted to have the path of the string follow the triangular shape of the platform attachments, but it did not allow for the string to securely attach to the platform. The string was kept in tension to keep the platform from contacting the pole. To create our variations we systematically moved the places where the string attached to the board in one inch increments, which causes the center of mass to shift away from the pole and the compressive force to change direction.

PHYSICAL MODEL

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DIGITAL MODEL

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PROCESS

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