April 15, 201313 yr So the 737, of all things, has some snags ('Sorry about this little snag, fellas' -- 2001): http://m.guardiannews.com/business/201O3/apr/15/boeing-737-faa-orders-inspection Not to beat needlessly on Boeing in general and the 787 in particular, but exactly as the above references, this issue of fasteners crops up again and again and again in mechanical engineering. See: Titanic, iron rivets holding steel body plates together, failure modes of (the RIVETS are what failed), in superchilled North Atlantic brine. Whoops.
April 15, 201313 yr Active Members . . . this issue of fasteners crops up again and again and again in mechanical engineering. It sure did when eight large bolts holding the new Bay Bridge together snapped last week while they were being tightened. Whoops. Nuts. It looks like the fix, which has not yet been finalized, may delay the long-awaited Labor Day opening of the Eastern span connecting Oakland and Treasure Island. Although there is a school of thought that says even a hastily patched up new bridge might be safer than the seismically-deficient old bridge. The Caltrans engineers are presently mulling it over. Me? I'm planning to take the ferry.
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