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I do see your point but the Ronan Point disaster was principally due to poor building practices. "The gas may have accumulated at the ceiling, explaining why t
by kwhitefoot 3y ago
I do see your point but the Ronan Point disaster was principally due to poor building practices.
"The gas may have accumulated at the ceiling, explaining why
the resident did not notice it. The explosion was not significant in
magnitude. The resident’s hearing had not been damaged. This
suggested that the pressure was less than 70 kPa (10 psi) (Bignell
1977). Items were taken from the kitchen of this apartment and
tested. Results indicated that these objects had been exposed to
pressures of less than 70 kPa (10 psi).
The Building Research Station and Imperial College of Lon
don performed an extensive battery of tests to discover how much
internal force Ronan Point could withstand. The results indicated
that the walls could be displaced by a pressure of only 19.3 kPa
(2.8 psi) (Levy and Salvadori 1992). It was estimated that the
kitchen and living room walls were moved by a pressure of only
1.7 kPa (0.25 psi), while the exterior wall was displaced with a
pressure of 21 kPa (3 psi) (Griffiths et al. 1968)."
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