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Would you enter a building held up by tensegrity? I feel that to build the next generation of super massive structures in the 21st century we will have to use t
by xwdv 7y ago
Would you enter a building held up by tensegrity? I feel that to build the next generation of super massive structures in the 21st century we will have to use tensegrity concepts.
- lisper 7y agoIf it was properly engineered, sure, why not? It would be no different in principle from driving over a suspension bridge.
- RandomBacon 7y agoI assume all buildibgs I enter are properly engineered, but sometimes they're not. Two cases that come to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/04/17/the_citicorp_tower_design_flaw_that_could_have_wiped_out_the_skyscraper.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/04/17/the_citicorp_t... Both were essentially caused by people making assumptions. You would think such things would be thought through, but sometimes they're not.
- cwilkes 7y agoYou probably have already in a way: https://www.concretenetwork.com/post-tension/basics.html https://www.concretenetwork.com/post-tension/basics.html