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It's incredible how well documented and rich of information is the article. I'm Italian and I could not find in any Italian newspapers all the information that

by matant 8y ago

It's incredible how well documented and rich of information is the article. I'm Italian and I could not find in any Italian newspapers all the information that I needed! It makes me aware of how poor is the information in my country!

jaclaz 8y ago
JFYI (Italian) among many others, these are the more technical ones: https://www.ingenio-web.it/20966-il-crollo-del-ponte-morandi-a-genova https://www.ingenio-web.it/20966-il-crollo-del-ponte-morandi... https://www.ingenio-web.it/20925-il-viadotto-sul-polcevera-ecco-larticolo-di-riccardo-morandi-del-1967-con-tutti-i-dettagli-progettuali https://www.ingenio-web.it/20925-il-viadotto-sul-polcevera-e... https://www.ingenio-web.it/20939-ing-camomilla-come-e-perche-intervenimmo-sugli-stralli-della-pila-11-del-ponte-morandi-nel-1992 https://www.ingenio-web.it/20939-ing-camomilla-come-e-perche...
- pb060 8y ago
  True, but those are technical ones. I couldn't find any article explaining what a "strallo" is, in fact "cos'è uno strallo" (what is a straw) seems to be a common search based on Google's autocomplete.
  - jaclaz 8y ago
    >True, but those are technical ones. I couldn't find any article explaining what a "strallo" is, in fact "cos'è uno strallo" (what is a straw) seems to be a common search based on Google's autocomplete. It's not a "straw", it is a "stay" in English. Strallo is a term mutuated from boats, a sail boat has a mast (albero) that is kept vertical and strong by one or more sets of "stays" (stralli): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stays_(nautical) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stays_(nautical) https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strallo_(vela) https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strallo_(vela) On the sail boat the function of the stay is "opposite" to that of a bridge stay, it is used to keep the mast pressed to the base and more rigid, on a bridge they are simply "suspension supports" allowing to carry the weight of the viaduct deck and transferring the vertical load to the tower or pylon (torre o antenna). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable-stayed_bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable-stayed_bridge https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strallo_(ingegneria) https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strallo_(ingegneria)
walterstucco 8y ago
I share the sentiment The best piece I've read about the disaster
lozzo 8y ago
Improve your googling skills before being complacent.
- dang 8y ago
  Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to Hacker News? Personal swipes, in particular, will get you banned here, so please don't do that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

by matant 8y ago

jaclaz 8y ago

JFYI (Italian) among many others, these are the more technical ones: https://www.ingenio-web.it/20966-il-crollo-del-ponte-morandi-a-genova https://www.ingenio-web.it/20966-il-crollo-del-ponte-morandi... https://www.ingenio-web.it/20925-il-viadotto-sul-polcevera-ecco-larticolo-di-riccardo-morandi-del-1967-con-tutti-i-dettagli-progettuali https://www.ingenio-web.it/20925-il-viadotto-sul-polcevera-e... https://www.ingenio-web.it/20939-ing-camomilla-come-e-perche-intervenimmo-sugli-stralli-della-pila-11-del-ponte-morandi-nel-1992 https://www.ingenio-web.it/20939-ing-camomilla-come-e-perche...

pb060 8y ago
True, but those are technical ones. I couldn't find any article explaining what a "strallo" is, in fact "cos'è uno strallo" (what is a straw) seems to be a common search based on Google's autocomplete.
- jaclaz 8y ago
  >True, but those are technical ones. I couldn't find any article explaining what a "strallo" is, in fact "cos'è uno strallo" (what is a straw) seems to be a common search based on Google's autocomplete. It's not a "straw", it is a "stay" in English. Strallo is a term mutuated from boats, a sail boat has a mast (albero) that is kept vertical and strong by one or more sets of "stays" (stralli): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stays_(nautical) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stays_(nautical) https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strallo_(vela) https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strallo_(vela) On the sail boat the function of the stay is "opposite" to that of a bridge stay, it is used to keep the mast pressed to the base and more rigid, on a bridge they are simply "suspension supports" allowing to carry the weight of the viaduct deck and transferring the vertical load to the tower or pylon (torre o antenna). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable-stayed_bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable-stayed_bridge https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strallo_(ingegneria) https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strallo_(ingegneria)

walterstucco 8y ago

I share the sentiment The best piece I've read about the disaster

lozzo 8y ago

Improve your googling skills before being complacent.

dang 8y ago
Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to Hacker News? Personal swipes, in particular, will get you banned here, so please don't do that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html