To: LadyBuzz; All
I'm staying positive, I the engineers must have designed the Dome to hold at 200MPH, but I don't think they ever envisioned a direct Category 5 strike with 190MPH gusts.
Any engineers want to take on the cumulative reaction on the structure if it is a slow moving storm?
To: gopwinsin04
I'm staying positive, I the engineers must have designed the Dome to hold at 200MPH, but I don't think they ever envisioned a direct Category 5 strike with 190MPH gusts.
Unlikely; the force exerted wind follows a
sqare law effect - quadruple the wind spped and the force is = 4
2 or sixteen times greater ...
2,104 posted on
08/28/2005 6:33:18 PM PDT by
_Jim
(Listening 28.400 MHz USB most every day now ...)
To: gopwinsin04
Any engineers want to take on the cumulative reaction on the structure if it is a slow moving storm?A sustained load is a whole different animal that a single gust. That's as far as I can go. Electrons are my gig.
2,508 posted on
08/28/2005 7:16:12 PM PDT by
Professional Engineer
(As an Engineer, you too can learn to calculate the power of the Dark Side.)
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