Yes, I agree and can appreciate that, but the discrepancy isn't noted on the slide and wasn't explained in the presentation. It seems to be a rather academic exercise to study a design that is known to be significantly different from the design that collapsed. Is it fair to say that since the...
Thanks very much, SFCharlie. Incidentally, I noticed earlier that slide 2 of that presentation does not include the Jacuzzi. I sent a message to NIST to let them know.
And the pool profile is wrong.
I think they copied that sketch.
@MaudSTL, I recently rewatched the ABC Good Morning America interview by T.J. Holmes with the Aguero family and I think the existing timeline entries can possibly be updated to agree with your statement above.
The current entries I see for "Aguero" in CTS Collapse Witness Statements:
~1:15...
@Sym P. le, thanks very much for your summary and interpretation.
One comment I have on this point:
With respect to chemical deterioration, I can understand your conclusion but what I took away were comments such as (by Matt at 45:05) "We don't under..[stand]" and (by Gary at 63:27) "we did...
@SwinnyGG, thanks very much for sharing this information. It certainly is an excellent presentation.
There were a couple of interesting points in the question and answer section, for example:
61:12 regarding lateral forces due to suspected catenary action. However, the strength of the...
Gladly accepted. Thank you. In fact, I really appreciate all of the constructive criticism and challenges and the way those suggestions encourage me to think about things from another perspective and to consider other possibilities. I am looking forward to viewing the WJE webinar now that I have...
@Murph 9000, thanks for clarifying those details.
@MaudSTL Thanks very much for the detailed description. I hope you don't mind me adding a couple of additional observations here. In the police body cam video Shamoka states that the lady she is with is also injured. I have not heard any reports...
Thank you for your continued work on the timeline and for refreshing and expanding upon the statements by Paolo Longobardi. In reporting by ABC link it states:
That suggests there were cracks or other signs of damage related to the staircase nearest to their apartment, in the west side of the...
Thanks very much, I have read both versions and they are helpful. They do show in Fig. 1 view AA the expected shape of the deck remnants on the column if the deck fails due to punching shear and the load and bending moments are symmetrical and positive, but to me, the deck remnant on column...
...it shows the two rebar stubs below stall 135.
Thanks very much for posting these close-up images.
I'm interested to understand whether there is general agreement within the fields of structural engineering or building failure analysis about the marks [Edit: and shape of the remains of the...
"Vatajankoski and Polar Night Energy are building a heat storage facility where electrical energy is stored as heat in the sand. The warehouse, which has a heating power of 100 kW and a storage capacity of 8 MWh, will provide heat to Kankaanpää's district heating network." ... "The actual heat...
@TugboatEng Thanks for the link to the science direct article by Ian Christie, I was able to find a copy on acedemia.edu and I am in the process of reading it.
This point doesn't ring true for me. We know we need action to mitigate the effects of climate change, we had a government department...
@ Ironic, I'm glad I asked because now I feel we completely agree on most of your points.
Paris 1919 by Margret MacMillan is an excellent book, I have my own copy right here and it was well worth the time invested to do the required reading. I think it was disastrous that the treaty was not...
@ironic metallurgist Thank you, I appreciate your input.
I would like to add these references for context. I would be interested to hear if you agree.
National Socialist
fascism-vs-communism-vs-socialism
I really appreciate your quotes, they are relevant and help to paint the picture.
Fortunately, there are many people who have realized the extent of the problem and they are putting an incredible amount of effort into raising awareness and making real and valuable changes. Their power is...
