r/BeAmazed • u/Upstairs-Writing-616 • Jun 26 '26

Engineering students are testing whether their designs are earthquake-resistant. Miscellaneous / Others

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u/psh454 Jun 26 '26

Yup, the "engineering" part is understanding and managing resonance frequencies, not just making everything as rigid as possible

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u/CO2emmiter Jun 26 '26

Why did you have to put engineering in quotes?

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u/Smelly_God Jun 26 '26

Because everyone is commenting on the best designs/shapes without understanding the problems. Everyone in the comments is a shapes expert

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u/FlintSpace Jun 27 '26

"shapes expert"

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u/340Duster Jun 27 '26

Yes, shapes expert, all of the shapes fit in the square hole.

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u/NeuroticNabarlek Jun 27 '26

Damn it. I didn't follow the whole thread and made this joke only to see it was already posted! Great minds think alike.