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Florida bridge that collapsed was touted as 'engineering feat come to life'
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| March 16, 2018
| MEGHAN KENEALLY
Posted on 03/16/2018 8:55:54 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
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To: DuncanWaring
The bridge identifies as still standing.I thought it identified as a sidewalk and went through a "successful" transition.
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posted on
03/16/2018 12:30:58 PM PDT
by
thesharkboy
(Charter member of the Basket of Deplorables)
To: thesharkboy
Wasserman Memorial Bridge.
To: Navy Patriot
Titanic was an engineering feat, too.
To: DuncanWaring
The bridge identifies as still standing.So what pronoun should we use? ...Uper? ... Stif?
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posted on
03/16/2018 12:46:15 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(America needs another European World War)
To: Col Frank Slade
Wasserman Memorial Bridge.LOL!
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posted on
03/16/2018 12:48:03 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(America needs another European World War)
To: Navy Patriot
You’ll have to ask the bridge.
Remember, though, it can change daily.
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posted on
03/16/2018 12:51:32 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: DuncanWaring
Youll have to ask the bridge.Nuts, ...the bridge is not speaking to me, it knows I am an Engineer.
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posted on
03/16/2018 12:58:20 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(America needs another European World War)
To: MayflowerMadam
Titanic was an engineering feat, too.But God designed the Iceberg, it was no contest.
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posted on
03/16/2018 1:00:29 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(America needs another European World War)
To: Bonemaker
And if in Japan they’d kill themselves. Props.
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posted on
03/16/2018 1:05:03 PM PDT
by
PfromHoGro
(Orwell was overly optimistic.)
To: Sacajaweau
I was waiting for it to collapse.
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posted on
03/16/2018 1:13:56 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: Col Frank Slade
I wouldn’t be surprised. I’m so tired of seeing cheap Chinese crap for sale everywhere. More than half the stuff on Amazon now is no-name Chinese stuff.
The US is becoming S. America where the elite can afford the best stuff (in our case, goods made in the US) while everyone else is left to buy cheap crap made in China. It makes me mad.
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posted on
03/16/2018 1:42:57 PM PDT
by
Pining_4_TX
(For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
To: PapaBear3625; Navy Patriot; shotgun
But remember, folks, merit based criteria = racism.
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posted on
03/16/2018 1:44:16 PM PDT
by
Pining_4_TX
(For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
To: FirstFlaBn
Sorta like “clips” vs “magazines”?
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posted on
03/16/2018 2:27:49 PM PDT
by
bruin66
(Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once..)
To: DuncanWaring
I am quite sure that there are no internal cables within concrete that can be tightened or loosened. They simply did not build the center support that should have been from the ground up to the top of towers, then the cables down in the places with exposed bolts awaiting them. This was a Cluster Foxtrot, and someone needs to go to prison for murder.
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posted on
03/17/2018 2:27:15 AM PDT
by
Glad2bnuts
(If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
To: woodbutcher1963
Yes, the single tower support design works. The ZERO tower support design doesn’t work.
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posted on
03/17/2018 2:28:32 AM PDT
by
Glad2bnuts
(If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
To: Glad2bnuts
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posted on
03/17/2018 7:54:04 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: bruin66
More like “bullets” vs. “cartridges”.
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posted on
03/17/2018 8:07:35 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: TnTnTn
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posted on
03/17/2018 8:16:11 AM PDT
by
catnipman
( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: Glad2bnuts
Wow, I was wrong. I would like to see how often this “post tensioning” is used. It is a failure waiting to happen IMO. How can concrete, which by its nature inflexible, be counted on to move without cracking over time? Concrete gets harder and harder as it dries. Concrete is never completely dry. The drier concrete becomes, the more likely it is to have micro-fractures.
I have one question for engineers, were the floors in the Twin Towers post-tensioned concrete panels?
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posted on
03/17/2018 9:45:41 AM PDT
by
Glad2bnuts
(If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
To: catnipman
Steel needs to be cared for. It needs to be sanded, inspected and painted. I worked on elevated roadways doing just that. I have never heard of tensioning concrete after it is dry enough to put in place.
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posted on
03/17/2018 9:47:38 AM PDT
by
Glad2bnuts
(If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
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