Before materials can be manufactured on a large scale, it’s important to know exactly what it takes for them to fail and test their limits. In the field of metallurgy, one way to test how a material will break is to perform a creep test. ‘Creep’ is permanent deformation by a constant stress; in other words, a constant applied load can cause a material to break over time, even if it’s not that heavy. Engineers use data on how long it takes for creep to occur to plan out what materials work best for each project.
Creepy Candy TEK8 Student Guide
The student handout will be given to all students working on the design challenge. It gives a brief recap of the story, it helps the students identify what they are attempting to achieve, and it recaps the design process.
Creepy Candy TEK8 Instructor’s Guide
This Instructor’s Guide provides the instructor additional information on how to run the design challenge with alternatives for materials and test setups as well as information to help make the design challenge a good educational experience.
The Telling the Story Video conveys the societal impact of the student’s research that is the basis for the design challenge and will set the problem-solving context for students.
The Design Challenge Video leads students through the design process. It indicates materials available, states what the criteria are for success and any constraints. It also gives a second ‘level’ of the design challenge that allows ‘early completers’ to move on to a slightly more difficult challenge.