Submitted by Kaioshinsama7 t3_yhgqat in news
asdaaaaaaaa t1_iudxcg7 wrote
Reply to comment by frodosdream in Over 350 fall into river after a suspension bridge collapses in India by Kaioshinsama7
Six months? I mean, had you said six years I'd at least understand, poor construction plus overweight vehicles and rust can do damage fast. Six months means these poor people didn't have a chance. Does India/that province even do bi-yearly checks? Guess this is why some stuff gets checked very soon after construction, as an addition to during.
Edit: Video of the aftermath in the /r/CatastrophicFailure subreddit for those who are interested.
EscapeVelocity01 t1_iudxp2x wrote
There's this video circulating of people trying to create a "wave" by grabbing on a shaking the ropes
SnakeDoctur t1_iudzsy2 wrote
Very dangerous if they happen to hit the resonating frequency of the structure
Stormtech5 t1_iue0v0m wrote
I had a teacher who used to work testing resonating frequencies on satellites going up on rockets. Didn't want a launch wasted because it busted sensitive communication equipment.
SnakeDoctur t1_iufhjor wrote
There's been a number of military reports throughout history of a battalion of soldiers marching across a bridge and causing it to buckle like leather. Myth busters did a great episode on it as well albeit on a much smaller scale
doofleton t1_iug7jxu wrote
Again, this was debunked, that was a video from 2018. If you're suggesting this 2018 "wave" collapsed the bridge in 2022 when it was supposedly repaired a few months ago, then I also have a large white building in Agra that you might want to buy.
asdaaaaaaaa t1_iudya3w wrote
Huh, will be interested to hear new information as/if it comes out. I just want to know to what extreme the bridge was pushed to cause the failure, or which extremes I guess. Rarely is it usually one singular issue but a series of failures on stuff. Overloading a bridge with people (can you do that? Vehicles are heavy, but are people more dense when shoved together?) then having them undulate the bridge would cause some serious stresses I'd imagine. Pair that with quick/shoddy construction, I could easily see that happening.
EscapeVelocity01 t1_iudymba wrote
Yes it seemed to be overloaded
EET_Learner t1_iuhjjsy wrote
I've read before that India has a rampant problem with unaccredited engineering schools. This could be a possible explanation to why these things keep happening.
asdaaaaaaaa t1_iuhjttj wrote
Huh, I never knew that. Yeah, that could certainly be a problem. If that's the case, I'd imagine corruption and issues like that extend to quite a few organizations/industries then. It's scary when you remember events like Bhopal, and how they can (and do, sadly) still happen today.
The_Yarichin_Bitch t1_iue3zix wrote
I mean, ik on r/amusementdark you can gaurentee their fair/circus rides are gonna have a mass catastrophe, so I wonder if they happen to have little to no safety regulation... And on that case, they're more like China than they thought 😮💨
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