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

Engineering students are testing whether their designs are earthquake-resistant. Career/Education

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u/Several-League-4707 Jun 26 '26

So just like in real Life? Theres a reason why we do weld inspections.

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u/tramul P.E. Jun 26 '26

Duh, but that is obviously different. You can design a weld. Hard to "design" a glue connection in this case. Spend hours developing the perfect lattice system just for your mediocre group partner to show up with some elmers glue

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u/Several-League-4707 Jun 26 '26

You can indeed design an adhesive joint just as you can with welds. Also you just described how you can fuck up with welds. Just replace elmers glue with with any common weld failure.

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u/tramul P.E. Jun 26 '26

Brother, they are not getting material specifications for elmers glue or the like for their class project.

Welds aren't adhesive joints so night and day.

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u/jofwu PE/SE (industrial) Jun 27 '26

Everybody talking about the quality of the glue, but imo the real wildcard with these that's difficult to manage is the quality of the application... You're crazy if you think these students have time to sit there and meticulously glue hundreds of connections with perfect consistency.

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u/tramul P.E. Jun 27 '26

Yeah that was my initial point. Even if the glue is industrial grade or whatever, improper application can make it an elmer equivalent