Question

1) You have been asked to develop a walk-way made of glass across a deep canyon as a tourist attraction (think rip-off of the Havasupai Indians walk-way at the Grand Canyon). A supporting steel frame will be built so the glass simply has to support the weight of the morbidly obese Americans walking across it. Your task is to select the glass for the project. Here you want to discuss the potential unique hazards of using glass in this fashion. Suggest a type of glass or other material that you think should be used. Explain your selection. Most importantly, the tourists should not be required to wear little clean room booties over their shoes to walk on the attraction. Note: copying what an existing project used is not necessarily the best idea. ?

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Answer 1

Official name: grand canyon skywalk.

It is located in USA

Total length:70 feet

Width:10 feet 2 inches

DESIGN:

The deck og the skywalk has been made with 4 layers of saint-Gobaindiamant low iron glass with Dupont sentry glass inter layer.Deck width is 10 feet 2 inches.(3.10).

The skywalk glass railings were made with same glass as the deck, but fewer layer bent to follow the walkways of curvature.

4 layers of glass on the skywalk top layer is easily replaceable.

Bridge was constructed to withstand extreme natural diasters such as examples wind and earth quake.