Hacker News with Generative AI: Civil Engineering

Startup enables 100-year bridges with corrosion-resistant steel (news.mit.edu)
Allium Engineering, founded by two MIT PhDs, is tripling the lifetime of bridges and other structures with a new technology that uses a stainless steel cladding to make rebar resilient to corrosion.

Civil Engineering, Materials Science, Startups, Construction

3 points by gnabgib 2 days ago | 0 comments

Startup enables 100-year bridges with corrosion-resistant steel (news.mit.edu)
Allium Engineering, founded by two MIT PhDs, is tripling the lifetime of bridges and other structures with a new technology that uses a stainless steel cladding to make rebar resilient to corrosion.

Civil Engineering, Construction, Materials Science, Startups

3 points by rbanffy 2 days ago | 1 comments

The Most Implausible Tunneling Method (practical.engineering)
The original plan to get I-95 over the Baltimore Harbor was a double-deck bridge from Fort McHenry to Lazaretto Point.

Civil Engineering, Infrastructure, Baltimore

7 points by impish9208 3 days ago | 0 comments

Civil Engineering, Sustainability, Materials Science, Innovation

19 points by zdw 106 days ago | 22 comments

Civil Engineering, Construction, Video, Mechanics

4 points by thunderbong 117 days ago | 0 comments

Distinct movement cluster evident on Carola bridge in Dresden prior to collapse (newcivilengineer.com)
Following the partial collapse of Carola Bridge in Dresden, Germany last week, research has revealed early indicators of the structure’s instability.

Civil Engineering, Structural Failure, Germany, Bridges, Dresden

18 points by eerikkivistik 235 days ago | 22 comments

Environmentalism, Civil Engineering, History

63 points by pseudolus 262 days ago | 21 comments

Civil Engineering, Texas, Infrastructure

211 points by impish9208 276 days ago | 333 comments

Sustainability, Civil Engineering, Construction Materials, Pavement, Geopolymer Cement

8 points by PaulHoule 323 days ago | 5 comments