You are viewing a single comment's thread from:RE: BLOG: EMERGENCY STRUCTURAL WORK, blogging a 10PM!View the full contextnaydenova (56)in #engineering • 7 years ago This is actually terrifying! I guess the people who built this messed up some of the math.
based on the way it failed, its less about the math, but more so about the structure must have been overloaded at one point!
What would they mean? They were storing grand pianos on the floor above or there was an earthquake?
They could have stored too many people over many many years. Over time wood begins to deform permanent and sag. This puts a joist in a suboptimal position to support the intended load and the compounding effect can cause oversees on a beam.
Thanks for the explanation! :)