156A Week 10

Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.

• • Looking into green materials and geodesic designs

    • Coroplast - CoroGreen

      • http://www.coroplast.com/catalog/corogreen/

      • intended material after Grant

      • Discontinued

    • Coroplast - Stinger

      • http://stinger.coroplast.com/pdf/Stinger_Industrial.pdf

      • Similar Material to CoroGreen made by the same company

      • More expensive

      • Need to check with the Grant providers for logistical purposes

  • Exploring more ideas and constructing small models

Accomplishments from Previous Week

• • Presented models and ideas to sponsors

  • Discussed ideas moving forward to build full-scale models

Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.

• • Incorporate geodesic designs (ALL)

  • Construct full scale examples (ALL)

  • Update Website (ALL)

Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

• • Explore green material (3/6, in person)

  • Identify available equipment (3/6, in person)

    • Lasercamm info

      • Douglas Huynh, President dhuynh@lasercamm.com

    • Kuka

      • Seven Access robotic milling arm in SME

    • Design Studio & Machine Shop

      • Mills

      • Lathes

      • Bandsaw

      • Press

      • 3D Printers

  • Discuss design space (3/6, in person)

  • Share brainstorming ideas on Google Doc (3/6, in person)

Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments  (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

• • Functional requirements of pavilion

  • Safety concerns

    • Permit Required for air-supported temporary membrane structure

    • Permit required for tents having an area larger than 400 square feet

    • Non-combustible finish

      • https://law.resource.org/pub/us/code/bsc.ca.gov/gov.ca.bsc.2013.09.pdf

      • http://www.ci.encinitas.ca.us/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=3789

      • https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Browse/Home/California/CaliforniaCodeofRegulations?guid=I58E18DF0D45111DEA95CA4428EC25FA0&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)

  • Explore geodesic patterns for full-scale models

Comments from Other Students in the Class (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

• • Not Applicable

Risks and Areas of Concern

• • Safety (Drunk and child test)

  • Weather concerns → structural integrity, durability

  • Ease of construction and disassembly

Resources or Information Required but not Available

• • Not Applicable

Schedule

• • Construct full scale example and finalize design (3/14)

  • Update Gantt chart (3/12)

Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)

• • Have not spent any of the budget; sponsors say we need to order by next week

  • Amount remaining: $2500 + $3500 (grant specifically for material)

Progress on Report and Webpage

• • Update Google Doc of brainstorming ideas

  • Will add models and ideas to webpage