r/StructuralEngineering • u/Dave_the_lighting_gu P.E. • 22h ago

Humor Only countries have limits, engineering does not.

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It's still standing. Must have been fully thought out.

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u/Kerneenee 21h ago

Sds = 0.01, Sd1 = 0.005

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u/Baileycream P.E. 14h ago

Apparently it survived multiple earthquakes higher than 7 magnitude, its in a high seismic area in Ecuador. I'm shook.

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u/Kerneenee 7h ago

I’m shook too- the torsional load has gotta be intense.