The past few weeks our team has been getting everything together for the ASCE competition in May. Our team has submitted our finalized engineering notebook and engineering design report to the ASCE board. The engineering notebook contained pictures and descriptions about the fabrication process. It includes extensive step by step process of the construction
Monthly Archives: March 2017
Curing Process
Our Canoe just finished the 28-day curing process. Once the canoe was completed, the curing process started that night. In order to cure the concrete, burlap sacks were soaked and wrapped around the canoe. A piece of plastic was placed over the burlap sacks to keep the moisture in. In order to ensure the canoe maintained moisture, the burlap sacks were soaked every day. Curing is an important process because it increases the strength and durability of the concrete.