To: steveo
Right.
A steel member in a structure is typically designed to accommodate 40% more than its anticipated "dead" load and 70% more than its anticipated "live" load.
Alberta's Child, P.E.
310 posted on
08/01/2007 5:12:46 PM PDT by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
To: Alberta's Child
A steel member in a structure is typically designed to accommodate 40% more than its anticipated "dead" load and 70% more than its anticipated "live" load.I'm also an engineer. Seems to me that dropping a bridge as completely as this would be a huge undertaking for Jonnie Jihadist. This wasn't terrorism.
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