Steel Bridge Capstone

Project Summary

Truss-ty Engineering worked to design, construct, and test a scaled steel bridge. This project is one of NAU's Civil Engineering Capstone Projects, as well as part of the ASCE Student Steel Bridge Competition. To complete this project, Truss-ty Engineering designed a 1:10 scaled model of a bridge for Peterson Park that will connect trails over the Skunk River that runs through Story County, Iowa. The bridge was modeled in RISA 3D where the design was tested for stability and deflection. With a design fully developed, the bridge was then fabricated by the team and taken the to the ASCE Steel Bridge Competition where it was loaded, scored, and judged based on time required for construction, weight, and lateral and vertical deflections.