Document Type

Poster

Journal/Book Title/Conference

College of Engineering Senior Design Projects

Publisher

Utah State University

Location

Logan, UT

Publication Date

2021

Abstract

The concrete canoe project is put together as a response to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for their yearly competition. This year, the RFP expanded beyond its usual scope due to the influence of COVID-19, allowing more variability in the approach. While the requirements to design a hull, a mix design, and perform a structural analysis remained the same, the construction of the prototype was left as optional for each school. In place of the construction requirement, enhanced focus areas are implemented, letting the project have a broader scope with more creative capabilities. Initially the project aimed for the creation of a full prototype canoe, but due to restrictions on in-person meetings and time constraints present for this process, prototype construction was soon abandoned to focus on other goals. Instead, the focus areas chosen for this project are an environmental concrete washout procedure and hydraulic testing of scale models for several canoe types. Our project features design for a light-weight concrete, environmental management and improvement, higher level structural analysis, in depth project scheduling, and hydraulic testing and analysis, the results of which can be used in future years for ASCE’s competition.

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