CNN Forensic Files February 13, 2014 07:41:00
Railing was structurally unsound, analysts tested an unbroken section of the deck railing using what's called a load cell. >> the load cell is more or less a scale. it's a series of springs and sensors. and it measures compression and tension. >> florence weighed 110 pounds. to simulate her sitting on the railing, analysts attached a bicycle seat to one end of the load cell. to the other end, they attached a t-bar to which they applied 200 pounds of pressure. the railing didn't buckle or break. >> somebody from the lab made the comment, wow 200 pounds. we knew right then and there that any pla...
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