The Romans influenced things years before they were actually invented, such as trains. The width of the train track is set as it is because the early carriages were built on the existing horse drawn chassis, which in turn ultimately owe their design to the Roman Chariots, which were built to accommodate their horses. So when you travel on a train, the design is limited by the width of a Roman horses arse. P.S. If anyone comes up with an alternative version, they can **** off before they start. I like the version above, and I'm sticking with it.
That was what we were often told. You don’t have to click on the link if you don’t want to. https://www.truthorfiction.com/railwidth/
Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Charles Dickens on the piss down High Street needs to be the next Netflix mini series, a young Ebenezer Cobb Morley fits the time frame, who's the fat lass?
I watched the programme about when the Genoa bridge collapsed and they where saying thousands of unsafe structures worldwide with about 900 + in USA alone due to being made with concrete and re bar steel .
Meanwhile, https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1966261/Croatia-Pelje-ac-Bridge-European-infrastructure-news
Before the bridge was built if taking the coast road north from dubrovnik you had to pass through about 10km of Bosnia, the bridge was built out in the sea to avoid that. Nice area.
Genuinely, what do you mean by this? It's been a method of construction all over the world for decades.. would you build a large concrete structure without rebar in? The article specifically states that these cracks are not structural damage, common in new concrete structures and just need treating, before sea water could potentially seep in and rust the rebar - same as with any similar type of development.
Cheapskates. They should air condition it like we do with our big one. https://www.newcivilengineer.com/ar...ing-the-life-of-the-humber-bridge-12-01-2012/ The system blows dry air into the cables via injection sleeves which are wrapped around the cable casings. The dry air absorbs moisture before it exits the sleeves via exhaust sleeves. C Spencer installed seven injection sleeves on the steel cables and 10 exhaust sleeves using a gantry attached the suspension cables. Work started at the highest point of each cable and moved down to the lowest point, to stop water being trapped. please log in to view this image
Yeah, I mean it's damage when the rebar isn't correctly sealed from air/water, but it's a structural process that itself is sound and been used for decades - I wouldn't want to live in a luxury tower that hasn't rebar in it.. I don't see what you could build a bridge of that size (or any large structure) and length out of, if not concrete with rebar in...
There are roman aquaducts and viaduct all over Europe still standing after 2000 years, concrete cancer is a known thing in concrete reinforced with rebar. When was it first used? Doesn't look like it will last 200 let alone 2000 years.
House in France in 1853, it's not been very well looked after (a bit like the Lord Line, the owner wants it to fall down so he can develop the land, but it's a listed historic building)... please log in to view this image
Aren't Roman aquaducts and viaducts built from natural stone, held together by kiln-baked cement, rather than concrete. The time and cost of building a bridge that size from natural stone would make the purpose of building it redundant. Plus it would be structurally weaker than a reinforced concrete bridge. In my experience, the faults with reinforced concrete which result in damage are caused by bad quality concrete which cracks and absorbs water and engineering design mistakes, not the actual nature of the material. You dont often here about tower blocks and multistory carparks collapsing in countries, such as the UK, where they're built correctly using reinforced concrete.
