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Glenn Sy 638058 Week 1 The task required us to make a structure using After forty five minutes, the small blocks that spans as tall as it can within tower spanned around one an hour. After the structure has been made, meter with a cylindrical an opening for the plastic elephant is then shape. excavated to test the strength of the structure. Afterwards, a heavier block was thrown into the structure to test its strength. After pulling a couple of bricks from the façade, the elephant has successfully entered the structure. However, during the An arch that was made through excavation highlights block throwing, the the structural performance as durable or tough upper structure has since it has withstood excavation. collapsed due to the amount of force that the heavier block has exerted. A weaker throw made holes around the structure. The collapse of the upper structure has revealed that the inability to cope the external force of a brick acted as a failure mechanism.

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Glenn  Sy    638058  Week  1  

The  task  required  us  to  make  a  structure  using                                                                                            After  forty  five  minutes,  the    small  blocks  that  spans  as  tall  as  it  can  within                                                 tower  spanned  around  one    an  hour.  After  the  structure  has  been  made,           meter  with  a  cylindrical    an  opening  for  the  plastic  elephant  is  then           shape.    excavated  to  test  the  strength  of  the  structure.  Afterwards,  a  heavier  block  was  thrown  into    the  structure  to  test  its  strength.          

   After  pulling  a  couple  of  bricks  from  the  façade,  the  elephant  has  successfully  entered  the  structure.           However,  during  the    An  arch  that  was  made  through  excavation  highlights           block  throwing,  the      the  structural  performance  as  durable  or  tough                                      upper  structure  has  since  it  has  withstood  excavation.                       collapsed  due  to  the                             amount  of  force  that    

            the  heavier  block  has               exerted.  A  weaker                 throw  made  holes    

            around  the  structure.                   The  collapse  of  the               upper  structure               has  revealed  that  the               inability  to  cope  the                 external  force  of  a                 brick  acted  as  a    

            failure  mechanism.    

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Glenn  Sy    638058  Week  1  

Theory  The  structure  is  a  mass  construction  building,  which  shows  that  there  is  a  compression  force  along  the  blocks  (Igloo  &  Tepee  Comparison  2013).  Compression  force  is  shown  through  the  arrows  displaying  an  evenly  distributed  force.  As  a  result,  the  structure  does  not  collapse.  In  addition,  the  diagram  with  a  hole  in  it  portrays  that  even  if  some  of  the  blocks  were  taken  out,  there  is  still  stability  in  the  structure  because  the  compression  forces  are  still  balanced  or  at  equilibrium.          Sources  aside  from  my  own  diagram:  Kilduff  S  2013,  Week  1  Task,  photograph,  Tutorial  week  1,  Melbourne.    Igloo  &  Tepee  Comparison  2013,  youtube  video,  Constructing  Environments,  Australia.