It is down now http://katv.com/news/local/broadway-bridge-still-stands-after-failed-implosion
On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > That sounds like a fun job... > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Looks like they just blew off the connector plates. It is an arch. >> Romans didn’t need no stinkin’ connector plates. >> A few minutes with a cutting torch on the bottom middle ought to do the >> job.... >> >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "That One Guy /sarcasm" <[email protected]> >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Sent: 10/12/2016 1:46:52 AM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - bridge implosion >> >> >> the demo guys previously had probably only blown up cheap chinese steel. >> this was old US steel >> >> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 11:13 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Interesting. >>> >>> On Oct 11, 2016 11:02 PM, "Robert" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> This was probably all shaped cutting charges... The problem with that >>>> is the internals of the steel. They usually pre-cut some of the members to >>>> determine the composition of the charges and if they cut the wrong member >>>> they get the wrong results... >>>> >>>> On 10/11/16 8:50 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote: >>>> >>>>> Pretty sure they didn't think the steel was going to be that resilient. >>>>> Its a far away shot, but it doesn't look like there's anything but >>>>> superficial damage. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Oct 11, 2016 10:47 PM, "Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have just enough nautical knowledge to seem stupid on the >>>>> Internet... My theory is that they were planning to neatly cut it >>>>> into medium sized chunks that could be reasonably lifted out of the >>>>> river with a medium sized crane on a flat barge and carried away. >>>>> Severing the whole thing and dropping it into the river in one >>>>> piece >>>>> would require a significantly larger/more expensive crane and >>>>> corresponding barge. >>>>> >>>>> Not enough explosives at the severing points, or an underestimate >>>>> of >>>>> the strength/grade of the steel? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 8:40 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> OK, mechanical stuff is not my strong point. But for anyone >>>>> who >>>>> watched the video of the failed bridge implosion in Little >>>>> Rock, >>>>> Arkansas, what were they thinking? It seems they rigged >>>>> explosives on the arch and the bridge deck, both of which are >>>>> in >>>>> compression. It seems to me they needed to sever the cables, >>>>> which are in tension. That at least would have caused the deck >>>>> to collapse.____ >>>>> >>>>> __ __ >>>>> >>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aalDpReUaCs >>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aalDpReUaCs>____ >>>>> >>>>> __ __ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> >> >> -- >> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team >> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >> >> > -- Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) My website <http://zachunderwood.me> advance-networking.com
