nivek
As Above So Below
Why not blame ALL of them.
No need to be picky.
All of the above...
Why not blame ALL of them.
No need to be picky.
Why not blame ALL of them.
No need to be picky.
Could be there is nothing wrong with the concrete mixture so they could be guilty.Could be something wrong (not easily detectable on site ) with the concrete mixture from factory,, so they could be innocent,...
Usually everybody has to screw up to create a disaster.
Huh ? Ever heard that sayin about the chain .. How did it go... something about a link..
Well...Huh ? Ever heard that sayin about the chain .. How did it go... something about a link..
The concrete company may not have delivered their best mix because the "bridge" basically just had to support its own weight.
The (my) provided theory was that the concrete was too strong and prone to develop cracks in a short period of time.
Something acc. to the link has been an ongoing trend since the 1940-ties..
A lot of the modern bridges in the U.S have cracks because of the fast curing cement that the industry seem to like...
I dont know.. Just digging... and why is it called ' Portland cement ' ?
Well, fine.
Show me the other bridge collapses due to "too strong" concrete.
Lake View Drive Bridge Collapse
On December 27, 2005, the Lakeview Drive Bridge collapsed along I-70 in Pennsylvania.
Cracks in the typical "too strong" concrete leading to corossion of reinforcing steel elements and shear keys...
Gee... the reinforcing steel elements of the Florida bridge corroded in a day???
Liberal Acid rain ? lol
Seriously,,
take your 2 concrete blocks , and put an diagonal crack through the top one... Then apply your load.. Things could slide apart..
You will have to posit a rational for the "diagonal crack". Your link says the cracks are due to shrinkage - which means they will be perpendicular to the direction of the longest dimension.
Sigh,, I'm out of my element here
I donno.. i'll keep an eye on the news from Florida on this one.. And we see what comes up,,,
Not a civil engineer.
A civil engineer would have a definitive answer. They are the aggregate people.
Civil engineers are responsible for building targets - like bridges and buildings.
U dont say...Really ?? Any one with sufficient training , knowledge and access could figure out the cause to what really happened.
Dont have to be a civil engineer. Could be an simple ENGINEER or someone with technical interest moonshining into this.
Maybee some McDonalds burger flipping millenial will solve it,, what do I know.
Not a simple engineer.
I'm a simple engineer.. And Casual implies I cant think things through good enough, compared to his aggregates.
Maybe hes right.. I should stop thinking, and avoid looking into stuff I dont understand..
Cuz theres a real danger I could learn something new. And civil engineers would have to deal with it