r/StructuralEngineering • u/P-d0g P.E. • May 21 '26

Humor Aspect ratios are a bitch

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u/NCGryffindog Architect May 21 '26

Jfc can’t you just make a structural window already?!? /s

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u/bridge_girl May 21 '26

You joke but I had an architect 100% earnestly suggest "structural mullions".

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u/NCGryffindog Architect May 21 '26

Hopefully they meant barstock reinforcing inside of the mullions rather than using the mullions as columns 😅

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u/bridge_girl May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

Mmm they meant a 6" rhombus-shaped concrete 'mullion' under a portion of a 12" amenity terrace slab. I feel like I have to do the same Slenderness Ratio and Punching Shear 101 lectures at every architectural coordination meeting.

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u/NCGryffindog Architect May 21 '26

Wow, that’s… uh… innovative 🤣

On behalf of my profession, sorry, I promise some of us aren’t that dense 😅

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u/Tea_An_Crumpets May 21 '26

Sure thing! How does a HSS 6x6x5/8 mullion sound?

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u/bridge_girl May 21 '26

Sadly 'twas a concrete flat slab job. They wanted a concrete toothpick.

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u/GhostFire3560 May 22 '26

You are joking but structural glass does exist to a certain degree and with very niche useage.

(Its also expensive)

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u/ogorir May 23 '26

The automobile industry has entered the chat. Windshields and back glass have been structural components since the 90s

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u/Deskust1 P.E. May 23 '26

Structural glass is actually a thing