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Discover Engineering : Build a Cable-Stayed Bridge

2023-02-16 16:00:00 2023-02-16 17:00:00 America/Denver Discover Engineering : Build a Cable-Stayed Bridge Rapid City Public Library Downtown - Community Room

Thursday, February 16
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-02-16 16:00:00 2023-02-16 17:00:00 America/Denver Discover Engineering : Build a Cable-Stayed Bridge Celebrate Engineer's Week with the South Dakota Engineering Society as they teach participants about interesting projects around the state and lead a large bridge-building activity! Rapid City Public Library Downtown - Community Room

Celebrate Engineer's Week with the South Dakota Engineering Society as they teach participants about interesting projects around the state and lead a large bridge-building activity!

Participants will work together to make a large-scale model of a cable-stayed bridge that is put together just like a real one, with bridge segments hanging from two towers. On doing so, they see that such a bridge must balance the forces of tension and compression to support a given load. 

Thanks to the South Dakota Engineering Society and the American Society of Civil Engineers for providing this event. 

AGE GROUP: | Children | All |

EVENT TYPE: | Hands-On | Educational | Community Wide |

TAGS: | STEAM | Engineering | engineer |

Rapid City Public Library Downtown

Phone: 605-394-6139

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Rapid City Public Library Downtown

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