You are clearly not an engineer or someone who knows anything about designing or building any kind of stricture.
The lower floors were designed to carry only their own weight. The columns, acting independently from the floors were designed were designed to collect the loads imposed above and transmit then to the ground (via the foundation). Each floor, and it’s supporting beams, is structurally independent and designed only to resist their intended load + sone factor of safety.
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nwguy ago
so?
meowski ago
wrong. those lower floors have the strength to carry all the upper floors with a large safety margin
lower floors don't just crumple from the weight of upper floors "falling on it" when they were just sitting right on it.
that's not falling on it.
Groff ago
Wrong!
You are clearly not an engineer or someone who knows anything about designing or building any kind of stricture.
The lower floors were designed to carry only their own weight. The columns, acting independently from the floors were designed were designed to collect the loads imposed above and transmit then to the ground (via the foundation). Each floor, and it’s supporting beams, is structurally independent and designed only to resist their intended load + sone factor of safety.
meowski ago
neck yourself shill
Groff ago
Think before you write idiot.