FW: Oops - Building fall down!
Michael Weidler
Michael Weidler
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They built 13 stories on grade, with no basement, and tied it all down to
hollow pilings with no rebar.
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Brad Templeton
tall could not just fall down laterally like that, and would have
expected it to be far less intact if it did. Did it fall slowly
somehow? Buildings are not designed to take the lateral stress of
being tilted at much of an angle. I would have thought the floors
would start collapsing onto lower ones as it began tilting. Things
want to fall down, not sideways and it takes a lot of force to make
them fall 130' away from where they were. Certainly no tall building
could be lain on its side supported at either ends and turn into a
bridge.
On Jan 9, 5:26 am, Michael Weidler <pstran...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Date: Friday, January 8, 2010, 8:27 AM
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> Not a good idea!
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> YES, IT IS A 13 STORY BUILDING LYING ON THE GROUND.http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2009/06/29/shanghai-building-colla...
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> (1) An underground garage was being dug on the south side, to a depth of 4.6 meters
> (2) The excavated dirt was being piled up on the north side, to a height of 10 meters
> (3) The building experienced uneven lateral pressure from south and north
> (4) This resulted in a lateral pressure of 3,000 tonnes, which was greater than what
> the pilings could tolerate.
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> Thus the building toppled over in the southerly direction.
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> First, the apartment building was constructed
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> Then the plan called for an underground garage to be dug out.
> The excavated soil was piled up on the other side of the building.
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> Heavy rains resulted in water seeping into the ground..
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> The building began to shift and the concrete pilings were snapped
> due to the uneven lateral pressures.
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> The building began to tilt.
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> And thus came the eighth wonder of the world.
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> If the buildings were closer together there would also have been a domino effect.
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> They built 13 stories on grade, with no basement, and tied it all down to
> hollow pilings with no rebar.
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> to build your car.
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Michael Weidler
| I'm going from memory of the pics here, but my impression is it was basically hit by a man made land slide. The pressure on one side of the building acted like a jacking wedge. It lifted the buidling up and shoved it sideways at the same time causing the building to flop over on the side where the foundation have been removed. --- On Sat, 1/9/10, Brad Templeton <bra...@gmail.com> wrote: |
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