Infinitely strong cantilever 2

[DRW75]

Folks...

Can anyone tell me what kind of material these guys are going to make this structure out of? It must have some really good physical properties...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050826...xeUCPes0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-

If anyone knows, I could use some of it...

 

[dik]

The frequency would be too high... the SG0714 has a very short length, not the the 814... with that one, you would likely have vibration issues... <G>

Dik

 

[SacreBleu]

JStephen...
I meant it is appalling to spoil the beauty of the Canyon with this absurdity...build it in Las Vegas, maybe off the Stratosphere Tower. They can demo the entire Main Street below, which is nothing but a haven for drug deals and prostitution anyway, and build a replica of the Canyon there.

 

[archeng59]

someone will design it as a cable stayed/suspension bridge-type structure, I bet. hopefully there will be more articles so we can see how the project progresses.

 

[flamby]

I agree with the idea of not giving any hand rails. Just not using anything that is visible and the transparent track zig-zags through the space (horse-shoe shape is a dud idea). Not knowing, where to put your next step... that will be fun.

Ciao.

 

[jhardy1]

Personally, I would build it from Unobtainium:

Elastic Modulus: 10E99 Pa
Density: 0.00 kg/m^3
Yield Strength: 10E99 Pa
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion: 0.00 /K

It is one of the library of standard materials in my finite element analysis package - comes in really handy when I am having deflection or stress concentration problems using ordinary materials like steel, aluminium, tungsten, titanium, etc.

(However, I have found that most of the metal merchants in my region have very limited stocks.)

 

[bandraoi]

(However, I have found that most of the metal merchants in my region have very limited stocks.)

You have to go to the specialist dealers, the ones that sell sky hook always have a large supply of unobtainium in stock.

 

[smcadman]

The walkway was the 2nd choice for tourism, the first choice was the Insanity ride at the Stratosphere.

http://www.stratospherehotel.com/las_vegas_stratosphere_ride.html

http://www.insanityride.com/downloads/insanity_ride_2.pdf

Flores

 

[AggieYank]

They clearly just need a huge permanent magnet underneath the structure, maybe on the wall face. Then they'll have to design for maybe 25% of the load.

Then, maybe they could use hollow sections, and fill them up with compressed hydrogen.

Hell, you wouldn't even have to design them at all. You may have to design something that will hold them DOWN.