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True. But when bridges do collapse usually only one part of the structure collapses not the whole thing. Especially not the whole thing at once. That is what makes this case unique.unriggable wrote:Bridges are blown to pieces in Iraq constantly, where are the links?
In real news, its a shame. Piece of shit bridge.
Idiot.unriggable wrote:Bridges are blown to pieces in Iraq constantly, where are the links?
In real news, its a shame. Piece of shit bridge.
saxitoxin wrote:Serbia is a RUDE DUDE
may not be a PRUDE, but he's gotta 'TUDE
might not be LEWD, but he's gonna get BOOED
RUDE
So the innocent people being shot are more important than the innocent people driving home from work? I dont understand...cawck mongler wrote:God that story pisses me off, its played no less then 5 times every hour on every news station FOR CHRIST SAKES ITS A GODDAMNED BRIDGE!
Nevermind the innocent people being shot in Darfur.....
xxtig12683xx wrote:yea, my fav part was being in the sewer riding a surfboard and wacking these alien creatures.
shit was badass
And again, IDIOT.cawck mongler wrote:God that story pisses me off, its played no less then 5 times every hour on every news station FOR CHRIST SAKES ITS A GODDAMNED BRIDGE!
Nevermind the innocent people being shot in Darfur.....
saxitoxin wrote:Serbia is a RUDE DUDE
may not be a PRUDE, but he's gotta 'TUDE
might not be LEWD, but he's gonna get BOOED
RUDE
It was pavement rehab work, nothing structural.dcowboys055 wrote:here? Do you mean hear? Stoopid.wicked wrote:What a tragedy. Being a civil engineer, I'm following it pretty closely. I'm very curious to here what the cause was.
But anyways, there was some construction being done on it at the time.
Stoopid? Do you mean stupid? Stupid.dcowboys055 wrote:here? Do you mean hear? Stoopid.wicked wrote:What a tragedy. Being a civil engineer, I'm following it pretty closely. I'm very curious to here what the cause was.
But anyways, there was some construction being done on it at the time.
I don't think so. Correct me if I'm wrong wicked, but much of a concrete bridges support would come from the steel re-enforcement bars buried in the concrete. These bars are essential to the bridges structural integrity. As the bridge ages, cracks may form and water seep in. If this water gets to the re-enforcement bars and corrodes them enough, then the bridge could just collapse. So it's hard to see that a bridge may collapse if it's all in the inside. The odd part, as previously stated, is the fact that the whole bridge fell at once, instead of just a section of the bridge.EvilPurpleMonkey wrote:Someone should have known the bridge was going to collapse, you'd think it would be noticable if a bridge was about to collapse.
*YELL*hecter wrote:I don't think so. Correct me if I'm wrong wicked, but much of a concrete bridges support would come from the steel re-enforcement bars buried in the concrete. These bars are essential to the bridges structural integrity. As the bridge ages, cracks may form and water seep in. If this water gets to the re-enforcement bars and corrodes them enough, then the bridge could just collapse. So it's hard to see that a bridge may collapse if it's all in the inside. The odd part, as previously stated, is the fact that the whole bridge fell at once, instead of just a section of the bridge.
Then again, that's just from my stoopid and unedjemacated self. I imagine we'll have wicked in here telling me how dumb I am any minute now...
*sits and waits to be yelled at by wicked*
Why?Serbia wrote:And again, IDIOT.cawck mongler wrote:God that story pisses me off, its played no less then 5 times every hour on every news station FOR CHRIST SAKES ITS A GODDAMNED BRIDGE!
Nevermind the innocent people being shot in Darfur.....
Plus that original post was from cawck mongler so we already know he's an idiot without your help. Although I think he kind of had a point, although his execution of it was... lacking...The1exile wrote:Why?Serbia wrote:And again, IDIOT.cawck mongler wrote:God that story pisses me off, its played no less then 5 times every hour on every news station FOR CHRIST SAKES ITS A GODDAMNED BRIDGE!
Nevermind the innocent people being shot in Darfur.....
Just replying to posts say typing (in caps) to the effect that the person who's post you are replying to is lacking in the brain department doesn't help the view that you are any better off.
A center column collapsing would explain that, but why would a center column just fall like that? Or is that what you're waiting to hear, as you obviously don't have all the information to be able to know what happened.wicked wrote:Concrete is only strong in one direction (when compressed), hence the addition of steel rebar to support it under tension. Yes, cracks can occur and weaken the rebar.... exposed rebar is baaaad since steel exposed to water and air = rust. This would be evident on an inspection however. I believe that bridge was inspected yearly, but not sure of the date of last inspection. Normally bridges are inspected every two years, bad bridges and/or bridges that carry a lot of traffic may be instected every year, REALLY bad bridges, e.g. the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle, are inspected every 6 months. If a center column collapsed, which is what I'm *guessing* happened here, it would explain the multiple sections of bridge collapsing at once.
Comon Wicked, i expect the sophisticated engineering words out of an engineer, as in rupture.wicked wrote:NTSB & FHWA haven't completed their investigations yet, so anything right now would be pure speculation. Luckily, a security camera captured the collapse on tape, so that'll greatly reduce the time it takes to reconstruct the accident.
One guess is that the extra load of the contruction equipment and the number of vehicles on the bridge during rush hour overloaded the weight capacity of the bridge to the point of failure.
xxtig12683xx wrote:yea, my fav part was being in the sewer riding a surfboard and wacking these alien creatures.
shit was badass
that was actually one of the reasons I was hired in my current job, to translate geekspeak for the general stupid public. 
I've seen that clip your talking about on tv. It looked like one bridge section went and then everything else was just kinda dragged down along with it. It was crazy how you could see the cars falling down with the bridge as well.wicked wrote:NTSB & FHWA haven't completed their investigations yet, so anything right now would be pure speculation. Luckily, a security camera captured the collapse on tape, so that'll greatly reduce the time it takes to reconstruct the accident.
One guess is that the extra load of the contruction equipment and the number of vehicles on the bridge during rush hour overloaded the weight capacity of the bridge to the point of failure.
