Living Architecture Spring 2007 Pratt

As a group we determined that the use of springs as a counterforce would probably be required and to that end we devised a spring testing board. Each spring has a different measurements and strength.

We found that the middle spring, with the highest amount of tension worked best of the three.

Also of note, we actually broke one of our flexinol wires during the testing phase. We think its because we were using unregulated power straight from the battery instead of going through the breadboard. The wire itself also stretched longer during each test when it returned to its non powered state, from 5" to 6".

More to follow on the mechanical tests we did for figuring out how to collapse the box unit to a surface condition.