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One of the things that blew my mind is how the calculations for large buildings like this were done. They design it upside down with string! the suspension of t
by somat 1y ago
One of the things that blew my mind is how the calculations for large buildings like this were done. They design it upside down with string! the suspension of the string will produce the correct shape for compression in the domes and arches when inverted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRv_syz2DAc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRv_syz2DAc
- eastbound 1y agoActually, it doesn’t show the correct forces for downside-up buildings, but it makes nice mockups models, so people believe it. At the time it was excellent, today it would be dangerous.