We listed the most appropriate tools and technology that Mrs.Tokuhama will provide, and what team members …show more content…
Basically we placed our bridge between an east and west abutment, which then we inserted a testing block and a testing rod. We secured the testing block directly at the middle and fully rotated the rod until Mrs.Tokuhama’s clearance. From then on, we rotated a wheel, which was the Force LBF , and it simply acted as a load. As we continued to turn the wheel right, the more force or more weight would be applied onto the bridge. We began hearing cracking and seeing an arch form at the top of the superstructure at 45 Force LBF. Our bridge reached a certain point to where there was too much stress onto the bridge, that the Force LBF retracted back to 46 pound-force, then we only we went up 4 more pound-force until we called it