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"The W350 tower will be mostly wood, and 10% steel." Wood and steel.
by faragon 9y ago
"The W350 tower will be mostly wood, and 10% steel."
Wood and steel.
- imtringued 9y agoYou might as well call it a steel tower at this point. Steel is heavy but it's also very strong. You don't need a lot of it to build something. A pure steel building actually ends up being lighter than a concrete building because of this.
- vinceguidry 9y agoSteel with wood fireproofing.
- Sharlin 9y agoSteel has a great tensile strength but an average compressive strength at best. It's prone to buckling. Concrete is the exact opposite. In a skyscraper you need great tensile and compressive strength in different structural elements. This is why reinforced concrete is such a big deal. The properties of steel and concrete naturally complement each other.