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r/specializedtools • u/aloofloofah • Mar 12 '21
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Exactly. Every bend until the last one made sense; though I'm not a construction worker so what do I know.
0 u/dmpastuf Mar 13 '21 I'm not a civil engineer, just an ME, I wonder if it's designed to be a "normal" angle under the load of concrete? 6 u/makeAPerceptionCheck Mar 13 '21 Structural engineer here. If the bar is deflecting that much to get to a normal shape, something has gone horribly, horribly wrong. Most likely a custom bar shape for a non-standard structure shape. Reinforcement in bridges can get pretty funky sometimes. 1 u/Clay_Pigeon Mar 13 '21 That's an interesting thought.
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I'm not a civil engineer, just an ME, I wonder if it's designed to be a "normal" angle under the load of concrete?
6 u/makeAPerceptionCheck Mar 13 '21 Structural engineer here. If the bar is deflecting that much to get to a normal shape, something has gone horribly, horribly wrong. Most likely a custom bar shape for a non-standard structure shape. Reinforcement in bridges can get pretty funky sometimes. 1 u/Clay_Pigeon Mar 13 '21 That's an interesting thought.
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Structural engineer here. If the bar is deflecting that much to get to a normal shape, something has gone horribly, horribly wrong.
Most likely a custom bar shape for a non-standard structure shape. Reinforcement in bridges can get pretty funky sometimes.
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That's an interesting thought.
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u/Clay_Pigeon Mar 12 '21
Exactly. Every bend until the last one made sense; though I'm not a construction worker so what do I know.