Activist,
Structural Engineer
&
Energy Advisor Also.
Programme Manager -
False Bay Salt Water
Pumped Storage Scheme.
Former Chief Engineer
Murray & Roberts.
Apr 10, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Twitter Survey for wannabe bots..
Who likes "Board gaming"?
Dec 7, 2021 • 58 tweets • 8 min read
Listening to @Eskom_SA COO Jan Oberholzer who is still proud of Eskom.
cc @SikonathiM
I make at least two trips daily..
Nov 17, 2021 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
I am expecting a significant investment in the False Bay Salty Water Pumped Storage Scheme.
If the depth of the 400ha upper reservoir of the False Bay Salty Water Pumped Storage Scheme is built only 10m deep the maximum head will be 380m and the capacity of the scheme will be more than double that of the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme.
cc @DavidNi79646904 @koko_matshela
Jul 4, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
@EngineeringWon1 When I completed structural engineering in 1978 I knew that a high rise building comprises of a frame which consisted of beams and columns. Structural analysis to arrive at the particular design entails selecting appropriate materials and applying loads according to codes.
@EngineeringWon1 Now you need to ask yourself, how were the bending moments in the slabs transfered to the columns?
Where are the "beam zones" inside those slabs? Which mode of bending was each particular slab deigned for?
How were the shear forces in the beams dealt with? Particularly at windows
Jun 28, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
#SurfsideBuildingCollapse #MiamiBuildingCollapse
Take another look here @EngineeringWon1, three days ago I was speculating that these very regular sets of parallel lines look like a series of precast slab panels that had moved relative to each other.
Now, removing the bias I see:
looking again I and following the lines towards the camera you will see at least one column, implying one of a line of columns supporting the slab above. The dark ripped out lines are perpendicular to the line of columns visualised above. Notice how the lines end near the column:
