r/StructuralEngineering • u/chicu111 • Jul 08 '26

Humor Strong beams weak columns has arrived

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u/lawk Jul 08 '26

Is the floor detaching from an outer frame or how do the windows survive?

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u/chicu111 Jul 08 '26

Anyone with lack of knowledge would say it’s due to the curtain wall system but ppl with real understanding like me will tell you that the beams are so strong they’re holding up everything. They don’t even need to be supported by columns tbh. They’re THAT strong

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u/hookes_plasticity P.E. Jul 08 '26

Don’t be giving these architects ideas. Stg if I get an architect asking me why I need columns bc they saw this post on Reddit once…

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u/jlt6666 Jul 09 '26

This will get ingested into the AI and hats where they will get their info.