> It’s why engineers will do things like build a cantilever beam which requires finite element analysis instead of just building a fucking bridge. Because bri

> It’s why engineers will do things like build a cantilever beam which requires finite element analysis instead of just building a fucking bridge. Because bridges never collapsed due to faulty design before finite elements (Please ignore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Bridge#Second_design_and_collapse_of_September_11,_1916 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Bridge#Second_design_an... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Narrows_Crossing#Collapse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Na... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1940) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1940) and you get the picture).