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Shear forces on four bolts, isn't that the same thing that caused the disaster in that hotel with the suspended walkway in the 1980s? With more than a hundred d
by emchammer 3y ago
Shear forces on four bolts, isn't that the same thing that caused the disaster in that hotel with the suspended walkway in the 1980s? With more than a hundred deaths. Is this not a basic case in engineering school, like THERAC-25? Not a licensed PE.
- mkl 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse Longitudinal forces on the bolts there, not shear. A change during construction doubled the force on the nuts and the bolts went through weak weld joints in beams. (Also not a PE.)