Design for Disaster
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Engineers found many design flaws in a collapsed Chinese school. Such risks extend far beyond China. https://revkin.substack.com/p/gauging-losses-and-lessons-in-turkeys
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- 1. DESIGN FOR DISASTER Photos show what engineers say were big flaws in construction of Xinjian Primary School. Photo: (Du Bin for The New York Times)
- 3. Columns buckled, probably due to inadequate re-bar reinforcement and transverse binding (small wires).
- 5. Experts said the concrete appeared to have too much “aggregate” (gravel mixed with cement), of wrong size.
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