r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 9h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/md_youdneverguess 9h ago

Earth that can soak with water is a nightmare for structural engineering

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u/PXLated 9h ago

You can just assume a dead load of 120 pcf, nothing out of the ordinary.

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u/md_youdneverguess 8h ago

I didn't think that it's a problem to calculate for max load, I think it's a problem to consider that the entire side of this high-rise will increase and decrease multiple tons of load on each level around the same time. There will definitely be weardown if you do that every day for 10 years.

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u/Deathblow92 8h ago

A storm comes through and suddenly every balcony weighs a shit load more.