Must of sent the engineers to Texas A&M.
Posted on 08/24/2012 4:43:14 PM PDT by smokingfrog
A eight-lane suspension bridge collapsed in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on August 24, 2012. Three people were killed and five injured when an eight-lane suspension bridge in northeast China collapsed early on August 24, only nine months after it opened, state media said.
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Slump test is only to determine water content, test cylinders
are made to be broken at certain dates after they are made
to determine strength.
HARBOR FREIGHT Store bridge
OK .. I misunderstood .. thanx
Upper left of post 28. Looking closer, it seems to be stucco mesh. Seeing this makes it no wonder the Olympics venues of 2008 are already falling apart.
Don't know why it's called a suspension bridge except ignorance. It's an elevated roadway.
I looked at that 6-8” square piece, a poor picture, BUT it sure would lead one to think of stucco mesh. Earlier posts spoke of the poor quality of concrete. The pic at #28 sure shows no large aggregate all sand to 3/4”- size -— Nice.
In China they call these “Tofu Construction Projects”
the sad thing is, the Chinese just accept it as the way life and Governments are. They haven’t known anything else.
They have an all-controlling, all-corrupt, elitist, central-planning Gov’t, where apparatchiks and cronies skim the cream off the economy.
I see the USA heading towards an American version of the same thing.
That’s not a suspension bridge. Looks like a rigid and overextended cantilever.
Must of sent the engineers to Texas A&M.
“Must of sent the engineers to Texas A&M.”
I am laughing, but why Texas A&M? I am an engineer, chemical, not civil, and I went to one of the best schools. But why are you picking on the Texas Aggies?
Now, as far as the grammar goes, it should say ‘Must have...’
:)
The Chinese do acknowledge, and I have seen myself, that their standards are lower and their infrastructure will fall apart at a faster rate than western infrastructure. I have stayed in nearly brand new high rise apartment buildings in China where I look out the window and on the ledge there are pieces of concrete lying on the ledges and windowsills where they have fallen off the building.
In 20 years, China will have to be rebuilt all over again. On the one hand, it is bad quality, but on the other hand, it is still better than what they had before. We built the transcontinental railroad the same way, speed before quality. Early riders could barley tolerate the bouncy ride, and as soon as it was finished, it started to be repaired into a smoother track.
“Please pardon the insensitivity...”
Thank you for the link...now I understand your comment. And I was not offended by your post, just curious. I am an Iowa native, did my Chem E at Iowa State. Never lived in Texas, though I’ve been there numerous times, either visits or business (mostly business). I have some recollection of the collapse, thanks to your link stirring the old memory banks.
: )
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