Continuation: 'What about building 7?'

This is a continuation of the original 'What about building 7?' thread, which had got very long. The split point was arbitrary, and participants are welcome to quote from the old thread into this one

Posted By:Agatha

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Originally Posted by ozeco41 (Post 10543733) He is simply wrong - and in multiple ways. Explanation if anyone needs it. Better in an appropriate thread. The base problem is failure to understand the 3D realities of the cascade failure of the initiation stage. Both sides in the debate have routinely fallen for the trap of 1D approximations which do not apply - they are not what happened. Better in a more appropriate thread.

It amazes me that an engineer cannot understand that load safety factors ASSUME that the structural SYSTEM is intact.



Its the three legged stool thing again, take out one leg and it still functions for loads 2/3rds that of the design, right? Lol.



Four legged chair with solid leg spreaders. Heck the spreaders don't support any weight, take them out at no risk to loading maximums, right?