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Stress test may have contributed to collapse of FIU pedestrian bridge
Miami Herald ^
| 15 March 2018
| By Jenny Staletovich, Rene Rodriguez And Joey Flechas
Posted on 03/16/2018 3:59:12 AM PDT by csvset
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To: VTenigma
Your description of the Hyatt failure is correct, of course. The reference was based on my understanding that the engineer reviewing the shop drawings had spilled coffee on that detail and it was missed. Admittedly, that may have been someone's joke.
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posted on
03/16/2018 2:09:20 PM PDT
by
frog in a pot
(Obama's "Remaking of America" continues apace in the absence of political opposition.)
To: csvset
In almost all bridge or building collapses, he added, construction is at fault, not design.This walkway component was a length of 175'. If the engineer/designer didn't allow for the full, finished 'service load'...see Florida.
You have to build the arc in.
And that's just the bottom deck. Add in the weight of the trusses and cover and imagine the arc needed. (there's a formula to figure this all out)
It's a good thing he said "almost"!
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posted on
03/16/2018 6:00:02 PM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: nickedknack
Thanks for restoring my confidence in engineers - just kidding, it’s nice to have an expert agree with me.
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posted on
03/17/2018 3:15:39 AM PDT
by
trebb
(I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})
To: FreedomPoster; mewzilla; nickedknack; Moonman62
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posted on
03/17/2018 4:12:02 AM PDT
by
csvset
(illegitimi non carborundum)
To: csvset
Thanks. It broke right where they were doing the tensioning work. I wonder if the crane was doing any temporary support.
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posted on
03/17/2018 7:00:19 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: Moonman62
Is that the north end that had the cracks as mentioned in the voicemail ? Unbelievable that they had open traffic lanes.
Spent lots of time in shipyards, where you would see massive structures being moved about. No way in hell should anyone have been allowed underneath the bridge.
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posted on
03/17/2018 7:25:58 AM PDT
by
csvset
(illegitimi non carborundum)
To: csvset
If I’m looking at the map correctly it broke on the South end.
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posted on
03/17/2018 11:01:36 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
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