cyclone strenght

[Just George]

Can a cyclone move a 40 foot shipping container? If so, could it move 2 attached together?

[journeyman Mick]

Can a cyclone move a 40 foot shipping container? If so, could it move 2 attached together?

If it was empty, maybe. Two joined together, possibly in a really severe one, but pretty unlikely I would think. Why do you ask? You could anchor them down if you needed to.

Mick

[ian]

Can a cyclone move a 40 foot shipping container? If so, could it move 2 attached together?

easily, if the containers are empty or lightly loaded

if the container is full of steel rod maybe not

to give you an idea, winds from a thunderstorm derailed a freight train carrying containers in SA in November 2006

a Cat 3 or higher cyclone has stronger winds than you find in a thunderstorm.


ian

[Just George]

See the idea is to join 3 or 4 together for housing a an area that is known for cyclones. They would be levelled and joined together, plumbed and fitted out for living. As they are able to be enclosed, I feel they would be a good safe place to ride out a cyclone.

The idea I have is for resort style accomodation as well as housing.

[Blocklayer]

The wind might not move it (them), but if the neighbours tinny gets mobile and hits another neighbours car, and the car gets going and hits it, it'll probably do some shifting.

I'm more scared of whats in the wind than the wind itself.

Ask billbeee about what happened in Darwin

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[ian]

See the idea is to join 3 or 4 together for housing a an area that is known for cyclones. They would be levelled and joined together, plumbed and fitted out for living. As they are able to be enclosed, I feel they would be a good safe place to ride out a cyclone.

The idea I have is for resort style accomodation as well as housing.

A shipping container fitted out as accomodation will need to be attached to a ground anchor (tension piles) or tied down to a BIG concrete block.

relying on inertia alone will not meet the code



ian

[Gingermick]

wind 300km/hr = 83m/s
gives pressure of about 2.7Kpa
Force on 12.5m² (5x2.5) = 33KN
equivalent just over 3.4 tonnes.
That's just to resist blowing over,
upward presure 3.4Kpa say area 10m² give 34KN upward force as well.

[rod@plasterbrok]

Well judging by the wind yesterday blowing over the containers advertising Weribee Zoo I would say the answer is yes!