Recently a large Crane fell in Tampa and caused a lot of damage. I heard people say it was “rated” for wind speeds that were less than the wind speeds of the recent hurricane. How can it be measured down to certain winds speed, as in, 100 MPH is safe, but 130 MPH is not safe?
In: Engineering
so basically engineers use a combo of math physics and materials science to figure this out. they do wind tunnel tests and analyze how cranes bend or sway in high winds. often they have a safety factor built in meaning they test for higher winds than normal. hurricane winds are like nature’s bullies though so sometimes things go wrong. it’s important they keep it safe so the cranes don’t end up being the real wrecking balls
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