Engineering Thread

Brian

Boston wrote: »

I think I saw baza today sitting in my space in the library.

the frack would I be doing in a library?

Jonathan

Very tempted to post this over in the BESS thread. :pac:

mathew

jmccrohan wrote: »

Very tempted to post this over in the BESS thread. :pac:

Haha.. success!!

go for it sure.. see what happens :P

Boston

Baza210 wrote: »

the frack would I be doing in a library?

The word is fuck, use it.

Brian

Boston wrote: »

The word is fuck, use it.

At least learn to circumvent the swearfilter properly :pac:

Jonathan

More top notch trolling.

mathew

Wow.... thats some serious shite hes talking... and still replying to his own posts... :rolleyes:

Brian

Still haven't done any of that report. Or my mangonel assignment, or the last half of my write up..

TheAmateur

Don't forget wiley...

Brian

Nah, I did that. What kind of a slacker do you take me for?

Brian

Woo..

Jonathan

Where the fcuk is mario gym?

mathew

jmccrohan wrote: »

Where the fcuk is mario gym?

It says marino gym.. So presumably its in marino...

Brian

Monday Wednesday Friday Saturday Mon

waitwhat.

SATURDAY?!

Boston

Westwood? How very odd

mathew

Baza210 wrote: »

Monday Wednesday Friday Saturday Mon

waitwhat.

SATURDAY?!

Welcome to college exams!
No saturdays for SF this year tho..

Peleus

i've been wondering this for ages and have given up. Anyone know what material the white walls here are made of? I thought it might be concrete but wasn't sure if they used concrete for stuff like this in the 1800s. i know the collums are granite but don't think the walls are cos why are they painted? anyone know? cheers.

mathew

Id say theyre concrete alright. They used concrete in the Colosseum.

It could also be Granite that has since been covered in plaster or concrete and painted tho (seems thats possibly the case with the end wall..)

I'd say you'd be safe going with concrete

which church is that btw?? Sandymount?

devinejay

That's not prosperous church is it?

Also yeah I'd say it's concrete too. The basic recipe has been around for centuries, it's just changed a lot in modern times.

Brian

Haven't started my essay/report yet

devinejay

Baza210 wrote: »

Haven't started my essay/report yet

+1

Brian

devinejay wrote: »

+1

I went to the Berkeley, and there was a book on the cathedral I'm doing. I managed to get 1.5 copy pages of notes from it. It spent all its time going on about stained glass windows and **** like that. It didn't even mention what the hell the technical name for the roof supports were, other than "beams". They're like inverted Ts..

mathew

Baza210 wrote: »

I went to the Berkeley, and there was a book on the cathedral I'm doing. I managed to get 1.5 copy pages of notes from it. It spent all its time going on about stained glass windows and **** like that. It didn't even mention what the hell the technical name for the roof supports were, other than "beams". They're like inverted Ts..

Are they not beams? Beam is a technical term.

Wikipedia wrote:

A beam is a structural element that is capable of withstanding load primarily by resisting bending.

If they were yokes extending from the ground to the roof they were probably columns. I presume you could tell the difference between a column and a beam....

Peleus

Baza210 wrote: »

Haven't started my essay/report yet

better get cracking on it. It's a b!tch.


Ye i think i'll just say its concrete. It's not like they'll go check up on it. Thanks for the help!!!

Hey Baza, what are you saying for why the church would fail? All i've got so far is that high winds or storms could cause roof damage. no idea about any other ways it could fail. Think I might head down to the church and take some more sly photos...

mathew

There could be an earthquake, or fire if theres a lot of wood...

Also possible that poor concrete made with old practices could wear down and fail. Depends on how old the church is.

Brian

Aiming for circa 500 words.

Mathew, here's a drawing of what I mean (lolperspective) -




Peleus, uhh, well, it's made of limestone so I can't really think of anything besides apocalyptic acid rain.

mathew

Truss(ish) i suppose. Dont think theres a specific name for that type of support. Its basicly a beam suporting a column which is supporting the centre of the arch.

Limestone could also fail by repead exposure to standard rain. Its quite premiable so the water will just flow through it, react with the calcium carbinate (which is essentialy the glue that hold all the fosils and bits together) and remove it as it flows out of the rock (hence stalactites and stalagmites). Quite unlikely to happen on a large enough scale to cause the whole church to fail. Could easily weaken a section to.

I procrastination. Ill eventually get this lab report done..... :rolleyes:

Brian

mathew wrote: »

Ill eventually get this lab report done..... :rolleyes:

Oh, shit.

mathew

I could have had it done hours ago.. I just really cant be arsed.
Any excuse to prograstonate at this stage, I really dont want to do it..

godtabh

Peleus wrote: »

i've been wondering this for ages and have given up. Anyone know what material the white walls here are made of? I thought it might be concrete but wasn't sure if they used concrete for stuff like this in the 1800s. i know the collums are granite but don't think the walls are cos why are they painted? anyone know? cheers.

If it was a newer building I'd say it’s just concrete with a very good finish. Fair faced concrete maybe? Can’t think of the proper names of the concrete finishes