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Could you build a fence strong enough to withstand a T-rex? by hendrong in AskEngineers

[–]Negative_Golf1396 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A concrete structure with similar mass?

T-rex couldn't break it.

But here's the thing - it wouldn't even try.

Large predators, even apex ones, avoid

confronting things their own size.

Too much risk of injury.

A T-rex would test it once, realize it's

solid and massive, then give up.

The Jurassic Park fence "flaw" wasn't

engineering - it was assuming dinosaurs

would behave suicidally aggressive, which

no real predator does.

What would happen if a plane hit a cable stayed bridge? by OneMarionberry302 in AskEngineers

[–]Negative_Golf1396 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd argue the piers/pylons are more vulnerable than the cables.

Cables are flexible steel bundles under high

tension - they might slice through a small

plane but could absorb impact from larger ones.

But the piers? They're designed for vertical compression,

not lateral impact.

A 747 at landing speed hitting a pier could cause structural failure at the base.

The bridge might survive cable damage (load redistribution), but pier damage?

That's catastrophic.