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Earthquake in Taiwan
Apparently this hotel tipped over in only a 6.4 quake - I wonder why?
I'm no engineer, but damn it looks woefully under braced, no?   Are there a couple of posts missing here?  I pray the death toll is low 
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The steel posts and concrete pillars were able to hold the building up, but were not sufficient to handle lateral forces.
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The red steel post almost look like they were tacked on after the fact.
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Why are the windows different colors in the fallen building?
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Actually looks OK. Slenderness and Column buckling are counter intuitive.. radius of gyration bla bla bla...
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Euler, that guy was brilliant.. how many formulae and rule did he come up with
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckling
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Generally it’s crappy foundation engineering
You are seeing buildings tipping over as intact blocks
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