Zinc creep in cable spelter sockets brought down the Arecibo telescope in 2020

6 pointsposted 13 hours ago
by ohjeez

2 Comments

metalman

2 hours ago

not good, not good at all, as this is how ALL bridges and towers are supported, the basic engineering bieng that any cable end will be stronger than the cable itself and will last longer than the cable itself, except now, when it isn't, not good, not easy to inspect, not easy to service.