Coin Stacking - Engineering Project
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Coin Stacking - Engineering Project
I thought this was pretty cool and I wanted to share! Here is the link to the full article. School Project
Hi, I'm Mitch Fincher and these pages are from a talk I gave while a Civil Engineering student at Texas Tech University.
The following is the basic pattern for building cantilevered structures with Pennies. Although it looks trivial, we can build amazing structures with these pillars. All penny columns are ten high, a "stack". Two side-by-side pennies held in place by a penny above them is called a "triad
The following is the basic pattern for building cantilevered structures with Pennies. Although it looks trivial, we can build amazing structures with these pillars. All penny columns are ten high, a "stack". Two side-by-side pennies held in place by a penny above them is called a "triad
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Nice find!
I spent the best 5 1/2 yrs of my life at Texas Tech.
I spent the best 5 1/2 yrs of my life at Texas Tech.Different Medium: Card Stacking the Capitol Building
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