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What? Where do they do that? If they did, then that's pretty crazy. How can they say the "bridge can support 5 tons", but it would only support 1? That would de
by nextparadigms 14y ago
What? Where do they do that? If they did, then that's pretty crazy. How can they say the "bridge can support 5 tons", but it would only support 1? That would destroy the bridge when some large vehicle tried to pass over it.
- InfinityX 14y agoIt's an analogy.
- evan_ 14y agoIt's an example of something analogous that would be crazy.
- Stratoscope 14y agoActually, the system they use measures only the useful load supported by the bridge, not the road surface and other bridge components. It's really quite elegant. Here, Calvin's dad can explain it better than I can: http://i.imgur.com/bYe67.gif http://i.imgur.com/bYe67.gif
- talmir 14y agowoosh