Week 7 Progress (10/19/16)

We progressed by meeting with Ron Swenson and Dr. Furman to discuss how our contact in Africa has progressed on their rapid transit system. We watched their presentation to gain more perspective on how the railways are designed and supported. For example, originally we thought we would be attaching beams to the support columns by implementing a clamp system. However, now we need to research if we could design interlocking tabs instead.

To make the system ride more efficiently, we played around with the idea of two railways going one direction. One would be the main transport line, which would constantly move and stop at stations to pick up more people. The other line would be where idle cars sit until they're called upon at the next station.

This week we will be researching the following:

Claude - progression on acquiring laser cutter software for rapid prototype [Epilogue Helix]

Winter - measuring widths of streets and sidewalks across San Jose

Kathlyn - researching properties of steel for expansion joins (from pamplet)

Kevin - research on something else?

Isaac - MIA