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The penguin tower kinda looks like a water tour though... or a grain silo...
 
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Pengwuino said:
The penguin tower kinda looks like a water tour though... or a grain silo...
Um, not really, more like a giant...um...er...uh...well, Evo, Tsu and MIH know what I'm thinking of. :biggrin: :smile: :blushing:
 
Moonbear said:
Um, not really, more like a giant...um...er...uh...well, Evo, Tsu and MIH know what I'm thinking of. :biggrin: :smile: :blushing:
I have no idea what you're talking about.

I was wondering, though, if, when Pengwuino designed the tower, he took into consideration the fact that extra internal bracing might be needed. Otherwise, when people were inside, taking the elevator all the way to the top, the whole tower might vibrate vigorously.
 
zoobyshoe said:
I have no idea what you're talking about.

I was wondering, though, if, when Pengwuino designed the tower, he took into consideration the fact that extra internal bracing might be needed. Otherwise, when people were inside, taking the elevator all the way to the top, the whole tower might vibrate vigorously.
Funny, I was wondering what size batteries it would require. :smile:
 
Moonbear said:
Funny, I was wondering what size batteries it would require. :smile:
I'm sure the massive motors needed for elevators, which might cause this vibration, would require connection to the city power lines

What I'm getting at is: it seems to me a towering, vigorously vibrating thing like that might cause things to achieve a certain threshold during which we might hear groaning, from rubbing structural members, and then things would proceed to a state of relaxation where gravity would take over, and the tower would slowly flop over.
 
Pengwuino said:
You guys are sick
Not sure what you mean. I just think the structural integrity of the tower is very important since Evo and Moonbear seem interested in giving it a thorough workout, riding that elevator up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down.
 
I'm not touching this anymore, you're on your own now Pengwuino.
 
Smurf said:
I'm not touching this anymore, you're on your own now Pengwuino.

Oh come on, I can't touch it alone :(
 
zoobyshoe said:
I'm sure the massive motors needed for elevators, which might cause this vibration, would require connection to the city power lines

What I'm getting at is: it seems to me a towering, vigorously vibrating thing like that might cause things to achieve a certain threshold during which we might hear groaning, from rubbing structural members, and then things would proceed to a state of relaxation where gravity would take over, and the tower would slowly flop over.
Good Lord! How did you manage to pull this out of "Why I'm the coolest member on this board?"

Now I know why I don't want to be an engineer...
 
Pengwuino said:
Oh come on, I can't touch it alone :(
I'm not sure you want to be inviting smurf to touch your tower wih you. It's really your project, and if the tower needs stiffening there are books and magazines with a lot of information and probably even revealing photographs of structural engineering secrets.

I've seen photo essays, for example, where the journalist takes us up under the Statue of Liberty's great bronze drapery to see her secrets. It's actually possible to get inside Lady Liberty, and someday I think I'd like to get inside her.

That makes me wonder. I'm not sure how tall The Statue of Liberty is, nor am I aware of how tall the Pengwuino tower might be. I wonder if you could fit your tower inside Lady Liberty?
 
Probably!

Lady liberty is very wide and I feel a very hard, cylindrical shaped tower such as the Pengwuino Tower should be able to drive any obscurities into the walls. I would probably need a protective shielding and proper lubrication... for the tower of course...
 
Archon said:
Good Lord! How did you manage to pull this out of "Why I'm the coolest member on this board?"

Now I know why I don't want to be an engineer...
Other people started it.
 
I'm sure Evo, Tsu and MIH wouldn't mind helping you with your tower
 
Grotesque Puppet said:
I'm sure Evo, Tsu and MIH wouldn't mind helping you with your tower

The more the marrier
 
Grotesque Puppet said:
I'm sure Evo, Tsu and MIH wouldn't mind helping you with your tower
Evo certainly seem to be smitten by it. Strange because you don't often see women so taken with engineering. Maybe it's the French Connecion.
 
zoobyshoe said:
Evo certainly seem to be smitten by it. Strange because you don't often see women so taken with engineering. Maybe it's the French Connecion.

Really? It sure doesn't seem like women aren't taken by structural engineering by the structural engineering videos that are so prolific on the internet.
 
Grotesque Puppet said:
Can I help?

No... my architectual firm has taken al ot of heat from politicians and we are being forced to contract out to women-only firms
 
Pengwuino said:
Really? It sure doesn't seem like women aren't taken by structural engineering by the structural engineering videos that are so prolific on the internet.
I've always been under the impression that was pure structural engineering propaganda. In real life you very rarely hear a woman bring the subject up. Of course, who knows what is discussed behind closed doors in women-only situations. Could be it's all about structural engineering.
 
zoobyshoe said:
I've always been under the impression that was pure structural engineering propaganda. In real life you very rarely hear a woman bring the subject up. Of course, who knows what is discussed behind closed doors in women-only situations. Could be it's all about structural engineering.

Well I've overheard many girls openly talk about how they recently taught a lesson in structural engineering to very open-minded individuals. Some even felt the need to partake in womens-only lectures at their homes
 
Pengwuino said:
Well I've overheard many girls openly talk about how they recently taught a lesson in structural engineering to very open-minded individuals.
In my youth they had a set of structural members you could screw together to demonstrate structural engineering, or use as a toy. It was called an Erector Set. They don't make them anymore.
 
I always built my structures out of lego..My largest structure was over 2 metres standing vertically
 
zoobyshoe said:
In my youth they had a set of structural members you could screw together to demonstrate structural engineering, or use as a toy. It was called an Erector Set. They don't make them anymore.

Oh yah, the erector set. Didn't one erector set have a motor with it?
 
Grotesque Puppet said:
I always built my structures out of lego..My largest structure was over 2 metres standing vertically
And I'm sure you bragged about it to all the other budding structural engineers on the school yard at recess.
 
Grotesque Puppet said:
My mom was really impressed
That surprises me.
 
My sister even had to help me carry it up the stairs to my room
 
Grotesque Puppet said:
My sister even had to help me carry it up the stairs to my room
Sounds like you have a very close family.
 

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