In Hella Nope news: Video shows theater balcony bouncing during concert
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Lol! I see what you did there
While i agree that these types of structures are built to flex, it'd still make me really uncomfortable to be either on that balcony, or underneath it. Accidents can, and do happen, and you just never know when physics might decide, "You know what, I'm not a fan of this song, so, time to buckle!" I'm kidding, but it's always unnerving seeing things that our brains are conditioned to view as stationary, moving like that.
I live in LA, and I remember back when I worked at Vivendi, in their El Segundo building, there was an earthquake, and, for like, a good 1-2 hours or so, our building was just swaying afterwards. The earthquake wasn't even really near us from what I can remember. But we were on the 15th or so floor, and looking out the window, you could tell the building was swaying. Additionally, it felt really weird trying to walk around the floor during that time! Like, I'm generally not one prone to dizziness or motion sickness, but it was fascinating how my equilibrium was affected by the building sway, even though it wasn't egregious swaying. Just enough to make me a teensy bit unbalanced.
Not the most enjoyable experience I've had, though I've definitely experienced plenty of earthquakes over the decades I've lived here lol
They mentioned 15 years ago and I'm like why is the video quality so good. I thought it would look blurry like the 80s for some reason.
Oh it's one of these videos that appears once a year or so and freaks people out.
If that's a steel structure underneath I'd fully expect flex under an oscillating load. Presumably it's been designed to avoid an oscillating frequency that humans jumping could cause, because that's the only thing you really need to worry about here.
If that's a steel structure underneath I'd fully expect flex under an oscillating load. Presumably it's been designed to avoid an oscillating frequency that humans jumping could cause, because that's the only thing you really need to worry about here.
I have basically given up on concerts because of this. Can't see or focus on the band with 400 glowing phones blocking the view recording video that not a single person is ever going to watch in their lives.
Those videos are getting uploaded on social so others will know they saw it live. That's about it.
Cheers, Eintracht isn't my favorite club but i'll definitely root for them on the side because i live close by.
Force, yes, kinetic energy, no.
The iffy thing about physics is that the word "force" is a specific thing, but outside of physics we use the word "force" to include momentum. The "force" of a car moving at a constant speed is 0N, still scary.
That being said it's built for this, hopefully.
As for the bold, worst case scenario is they hit harmonic resonance:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw
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