Re:Genoa Bridge Collapse: The Road to Tragedy
by thisrod on Thursday September 06, 2018 @08:25PM
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> the profession was high on precision engineering based off modern finite element models
Two years ago, I organised a party for the 50th anniversary of one of Australia's first geodesic domes, which was designed and built by some undergrads in my university climbing club. It's a "hut" in a national park, and the rangers were skeptical about the structure. A 2nd year engineering student was in charge of the design: the story goes that he walked over to the parks office, showed off some printouts, and explained that the structural calculations had been done by computer. When the parks service heard that, they were sure that the structure had to be sound.
Two years ago, I organised a party for the 50th anniversary of one of Australia's first geodesic domes, which was designed and built by some undergrads in my university climbing club. It's a "hut" in a national park, and the rangers were skeptical about the structure. A 2nd year engineering student was in charge of the design: the story goes that he walked over to the parks office, showed off some printouts, and explained that the structural calculations had been done by computer. When the parks service heard that, they were sure that the structure had to be sound.