To: Ramius
But it wasn't built to the design. And the as-built never really got any "engineering" at all. That's why it fell. They failed to comply with the Structural Engineer's design.
The rods used to hold up the suspended sections were attached in a manner that put the load on one threaded connection at the lowest level, instead of the three that the engineer required.
The threaded rod pulled through the nut and washer...
1,540 posted on
08/01/2007 8:54:37 PM PDT by
concretebob
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To: concretebob
The threaded rod pulled through the nut and washer... No, the threaded rod and the nut and washer pulled though the welded joint in the box-welded beam.
1,576 posted on
08/01/2007 9:13:17 PM PDT by
Ramius
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