#Civil engineering

[odinsblog]

Nothing to see here, just fire + floods + climate change

[ianfillinger]

Love the shapes and textures of these photos. Really gives the viewer a sense of depth to appreciate.

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

Who Killed the Colorado River?

From its source high in the snowy Rocky Mountains, the Colorado River runs through two countries and five states on its way to the Gulf of California. Or at least it used to. The river hasn't met the sea in decades.  (Video and image credit: PBS Terra) Read the full article

[bleue-flora]

Ok, I recently wrote an essay [here] talking about the definition and duties of civil engineering as well as the ethics because of the brain rot @swordfright gave me with calling Dream Sam’s ultimate engineering project. So, because I actually am a civil engineer I took it upon myself to design the title and summary of quantities sheets just like I do at work for roads but with Dream as the project instead. And in honor of angst day sponsored by @sixteenth-day-event, I figured I’d share it because I feel like it kinda works for the prison of the mind prompt.

“Sam’s “ultimate engineering project” he deemed too damaged like a bumpy road or crumbling building that wasn’t worthy of patching and filling in the cracks or reinforcing, that’s too eroded to be fixed and preserved. So, Sam strived to tear him down to the bedrock so he could remake, remold, and reengineer Dream according to his design for the common safety, public health and well-fair.”

{These are very similar to the actual sheets I make day to day, which I shall not share for the sake of doxing my location, but yea pretty much everything has a significance. Some of it doesn’t necessarily make sense but that was because I was more so taking inventory of what we see in lore (so you know I counted ;) lol)}

[thedemoninme141]

i miss u😭😭😭😭

I miss you all soooo much 😭😭😭 But some genius once said, “Take Civil Engineering, it’ll be easy!” Easy to spiral into an existential crisis while calculating soil stress at 3 a.m. 💀

I should be writing Insecurities Part 2 and TMOD6 for you right now... Instead, I’m crying into my calculator and asking the void why clay has cohesion but I don’t. 😭😭😭

[scavengedluxury]

Erzsébet bridge under construction, 1900. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

[lindahall]

Gustave Eiffel – Scientist of the Day

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, a French civil engineer, was born Dec. 15, 1832.

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[fullyunsourced]

The time Louisiana lost a lake

The deepest lake in Louisiana, Lake Peigneur, 200 feet deep, was once only 10 feet deep. It was also freshwater instead of brackish (nearly saltwater). And in between, it disappeared into the ground entirely. There was an unnatural disaster that resulted in the lake completely collapsing and taking most of the surrounding area with it!

The secret of Lake Peigneur is that directly under it ran a massive salt mine, which had been used since the early 20th century. Unfortunately, an oil drilling company working on the surface of the shallow lake didn't bother finding that out, and it's believed that the exploratory holes punched into the roof of the salt mine in 1980.

The lake began to drain. In a rare event, the river that formerly flowed out of Peigneur to the Gulf of Mexico actually reversed, pulling in salty ocean water. It also formed Louisiana's largest waterfall for a few days, 164 feet high. In what must have been a beautiful and/or terrifying sight, air being forced out of the mine created 400-foot geysers of water in the area. A natural gas pipeline in the lake also ruptured and sent out a plume of fire.

The lake, now dry, had turned into a colossal sinkhole. No people were killed as Lake Peigneur disappeared, including workers in the salt mine below and what I have to assume was a very surprised fisherman on the lake. Eventually, the sinkhole consumed 65 acres of land. Most of the oil rig and barges were sucked into the pit, but several of them popped back to the surface after water had stopped flowing downward, which took several days.

[studywitheden]

At Uni Library.

We have this study corner where you are can play board games, catch up with your friend, sit on the floor with cushions and tables all provided, though the silent zone is not followed here in this corner, the second floor with more strict looking librarians are more for concentrated and serious studying.

I can stay here the entire day, and do my own thing.

[supplyside]

Tallest buildings on every continent

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

Remembering Rivers Past

Our landscapes have changed dramatically over the last 200 years of urban development, but traces of the land's past still remain. Many streams and rivers that once ran on the surface persist in underground culverts. Bruce Willen's "Ghost Rivers" installation highlights the path of one such waterway. (Image credits: Public Mechanics and F. Hamilton, see alt text; installation: B. Willen; via Colossal) Read the full article

[jadiaashley]

a whole lot of concrete

[scavengedluxury]

Dam on the Rawka River, 1942. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

[lindahall]

John Stevens – Scientist of the Day

John Stevens III, an American inventor and public official, was born June 26, 1749, in New York City.

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