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If water isn't compressible why don't we fill bridge pier and beams in skyscrapers with it to make them support infinite loads?

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>>15165659
probably because water has like zero shear strength and wouldn't resist buckling, both of which are related to the material strength of the cross-sectional area of the thing under load