They are engineered to take the heat load they're exposed to. Try tossing a barbecue into an accelerated inferno, then pile a few hundred pounds on top. See how that structural integrity works out.
Good grief. The only way to build a building economically is to engineer it to BARELY stand. If you exceed the structural tolerances, IT FALLS. It doesn't matter what it's made of.
The winner all depends on whether that beam has to hold up thousands of tons while hot.
A good campfire will soften steel enough to bend by hand.
That explains all those Bar-B-Ques spontaneously collapsing
They are engineered to take the heat load they're exposed to. Try tossing a barbecue into an accelerated inferno, then pile a few hundred pounds on top. See how that structural integrity works out.
"They are engineered to take the heat load..." Yes, by being constructed of steel and iron. 🙂
Good grief. The only way to build a building economically is to engineer it to BARELY stand. If you exceed the structural tolerances, IT FALLS. It doesn't matter what it's made of.