Stress Testing Concrete With 3 Million Pounds Of Pressure (Video)
Apr 12, 2013 19:51
Phil Plait from Slate's Bad Astronomy documented how the folks over at University of Illinois's Engineering Open House Day stress test materials. They applied 3 million pounds of pressure to concrete.
he concrete only managed to last until the 1.6 million pound mark. But what about an 800 pound block of concrete? Super strong. [Laughing Squid]
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