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French Things That Go - B*A*N*G! (France's own new terror target) (w/pic)
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| 12.15.2004
Posted on 12/15/2004 5:49:37 AM PST by KMC1
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To: Thermalseeker
Well that explains it. As long as the British engineers weren't former British automotive engineers...
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posted on
12/15/2004 7:08:02 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Liberals are OK with racism and sexism, as long as it is aimed at a Republican.)
To: KMC1
Hey, is this really the highest? The Suspension Bridge at Royal Gorge in Colorado hangs 1,053 above the Arkansas River, but I can't find how high about sea level either of these bridges are. Anybody?
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posted on
12/15/2004 7:10:34 AM PST
by
Lee'sGhost
(Crom!)
To: gridlock
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posted on
12/15/2004 7:22:01 AM PST
by
Americanwolf
(Democratic Underground... Digital Crack for the the loony left.....Hey troll! Put the pipe down!)
To: 2banana
Tough bridge or not, a commercial airliner would make quick work of it. And the French pray to the PC god, so anyone of an arab persuasion would get a free pass through any French airport.
To: Abathar
It's cable-stayed though, which means that it might be able to take significant damage to the cables, and only lose that section. Messing with suspension bridge cables though, would bring the whole thing down.
To: rjsimmons
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posted on
12/15/2004 7:34:10 AM PST
by
So Cal Rocket
(Proud Member: Internet Pajama Wearers for Truth)
To: KMC1
Designed by a British Engineer!
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posted on
12/15/2004 7:49:15 AM PST
by
Brian Allen
(89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89-89)
To: TheRatHunter
Tough bridge or not, a commercial airliner would make quick work of it. And the French pray to the PC god, so anyone of an arab persuasion would get a free pass through any French airport. The DGSE have proven again and again with terrorist attacks and cells smashed in France that this is not the case.
To: aynrandfreak
Don't get me wrong, I've hated the French since before hating the French was cool, but just as humanity we can't stop building big things because they may become a target of the terrorists. Nice
To: JusticeTalion
There are a lot of people in Kansas City who know that human motion creating resonance to destroy bridges in no myth!
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posted on
12/15/2004 10:26:56 AM PST
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: Thermalseeker
LOL!
Something tells me it isn't going to collapse like that airport section or fall apart like their aircraft carrier.
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posted on
12/15/2004 10:44:54 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Spectral Atrocity)
To: KMC1
To: gridlock
The hotel bridges were brought down by weight, not resonance.
They were unconstructable as designed, so a simple field change was made which weakened them so much, the could barely support their own weight.
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posted on
12/15/2004 11:03:10 AM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(All wisdom is from the Lord, and with him it remains forever. ~ Ecclesiasticus 1.1)
To: RockinRight
Perhaps it has Lucas obstruction lights. LOL
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posted on
12/15/2004 11:04:27 AM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(All wisdom is from the Lord, and with him it remains forever. ~ Ecclesiasticus 1.1)
To: JusticeTalion
Likely they didn't hit resonance. Many factors would go into determining the resonance frequency. Some of them are obscure, or not yet determined. Tacoma Narrows is an excellent example of this.
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posted on
12/15/2004 11:07:10 AM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(All wisdom is from the Lord, and with him it remains forever. ~ Ecclesiasticus 1.1)
To: Professional Engineer
They were constructed wrong, no doubt. But they did not fall until the crowds started to move. A seriously flawed installation was the primary cause of the collapse, but resonance was a contributing factor.
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posted on
12/15/2004 11:44:08 AM PST
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: 2banana
It is extremely tough to destroy a bridge... It was once thought that destroying a single skyscraper was "extremely tough." That "conventional wisdom" (sic) pretty much went out the window on 9/11.
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posted on
12/15/2004 2:35:16 PM PST
by
Prime Choice
(I like Democrats, too. Let's exchange recipes.)
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