Civil Track

​Balsa wood structures track

The main theme will be designing, modeling and construction of
​ a bridge. 

•  The bridge structural system shall be Truss, Arch, or Vierendeel. 
•  Each team shall present predictions for the deformation of the bridge under a certain loading pattern which will be provided by the organizers.
•  Each team shall make a presentation describing the structural system, the method of analysis and the deformation and capacity predictions.

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Instructor

Evaluation Criteria 

Civil track will be provided by Eng. Hassan Bedair

The grading for teams shall be based on the following criteria:

•  Accuracy of predictions
•  Structural Concept
•  Quality of construction
•  Aesthetics of the bridge
•  Presentation skills

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During the iCamp, Civil students will get Three session for 2 - 3 hours per each in the following topics

Session 1

Session 2

  ​Session 3  
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 Basics of loading and structural analysis

 Bridge structural systems

Computer modeling of simple bridge structures