Someone is in trouble

[Scotta]

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Subject: Engineering Problem


Problem: An escavator weighing 8 tons is on top of a flatbed trailer heading east on Interstate 70 near Hays, Kansas. The extended shovel arm is made of hardened refined steel and the approaching overpass is made of commercial-grade concrete, reinforced with 11/2 inch steel rebar spaced at 6 inch intervals in a criss-cross pattern layered with 1 foot vertical spacing.


Solve: When the shovel arm hits the overpass, how fast does the trailer with the escavator have to be going to slice the bridge in half? (Assume no headwind and no braking by the driver who is oblivious of the situation . . . ) Extra Credit: Solve for the time and distance required for the entire rig to come to a complete stop after hitting the overpass at the speed calculated above . Answer: Scroll down....... ...





























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[Scotta]

ANSWER: It doesn't really matter...The point is the trucking company just bought themselves a used bridge. .

[kingwoodcatfisherman]

That would have been funny if you would have photographed that up close with some Texas A&M stickers on the truck that was pulling it !! :):):):)

[Scotta]

They are probable the ones that gave the driving permit to travel that route. Just a few decimal points out of place on the heights. bwahahahahahahah

[Ole Bill]

looks like someone didnt lock the safety on the excavators arm that lock the rams in neutral. they must have creeped up while traveling. that has happened before but that is why a driver should check the load every 2 hours or 150 miles. the driver will definately be found at fault .

[Scotta]

Dog gone aggie drivers never check anything. bwahahahah. No matter what, Jeff brought it up, it will be an aggies fault.

Hook 'em Horns

[fishin steve]

I'd sure hate to be in that driver's shoes.

[greyloon]

A Teasip probably owns the company.

[nautic2200]

How would you have liked to be traveling on that bridge when all of a sudden THAT popped up?!! Time to change your pampers.....lol

[Scotta]

I didnt even think of that nautic. Hope there is a gas station with a working bathroom at that overpass

[GILBERT G]

I think the driver was a L-HORN that missed the turn a semester back . GIG`M

[NewCaneyFishingLady]

That was hilarious Gilbert!!!! :applause:

[Scotta]

Now Gilbert play nice. Just kidding. Austin can be very distracting. I know my first few semesters I took a few wrong turns.

bwahahahahaha

[Steve]

It was bad enough underneath I suppose, but how would you have liked to be going over that bridge and the land shark show up like that?

[RCOLLUMS]

Hope That Was Not A Rental.......