"Structural Engineering is the art of modelling materials we do not wholly understand, into shapes we cannot properly assess, in such a way that the public at large has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance. " The structural systems prof shared this quote with us this morning during our lecture. It was actually said in 1946, but it's probably still relevant today. Both a scary and funny quote eh?
And then he went on into seismic forces, pseudo-equivalent static forces, ductility, overstrength factors, soft storey mechanism which I need to start learning about.
Days are getting shorter. Sunrise is now 7.30 am and sunset is 5.25pm. And so I must say I was pretty surprised to see the gym crowded at 7.30 am on a weekday last week. Thought I was going to be the only person there but nope, I was wrong; there were easily 15 to 20 other people there.
Christchurch marathon 3 June, 9 am, anyone? Probably will do the 10 k fun run since I have not had time to do progressive training. $25 for early bird registration by 11 May.
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