Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges
30 points by surprisetalk 2 days ago | 8 comments
5555624 55 minutes ago
ASCE (American Society opf Civil Engineering) has an annual Concrete Canoe Competition. (https://www.asce.org/communities/student-members/conferences...)
replyjimnotgym 3 hours ago
Interestingly concrete yachts are a thing. Ferro-cement is the term, but it is just reinforced concrete. You can buy very large yachts for small amounts of money with yachts made this way in the 70s.
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warumdarum 2 hours ago
You could do that today for cargodrone boats sintering or epoxy glueing beachsand?
replysandworm101 2 hours ago
Or melt the sand and form it into long strips, fibers, then glue the fibers together in some sort of glass-fiber-epoxy type material. Get the patent done quick because that sounds viable imho.
replyninalanyon 3 hours ago
Was this created by AI and not proofread or created by a human and not proofread? The paragraph relating to the Musgraves taking over a factory is repeated and it reads rather oddly.
replyAnyway, regardless of that nitpick, it was an interesting read.
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