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Practical Engineering
Are Beavers Actually Good at Dams?

Want to restore the planet's ecosystems and see your impact in monthly videos? The first 100 people to join Planet Wild with my ...

19:15
Are Beavers Actually Good at Dams?

506,348 views

4 days ago

Practical Engineering
The Grid That Doubles the Strength of the Ground

I love geocells ⚙️ Check out SendCutSend for custom parts fabricated from your CAD: ...

18:28
The Grid That Doubles the Strength of the Ground

751,285 views

2 weeks ago

Practical Engineering
What's Under Your Feet in New York City?

A tour of the subsurface in NYC ⚙️ Check out SendCutSend for custom parts fabricated from your CAD: ...

22:32
What's Under Your Feet in New York City?

692,645 views

1 month ago

Practical Engineering
The Mind-Blowing Flaw That Flooded New Orleans

Based on a chapter from Disasters By Design: How Engineering Failures Shaped the Modern World by Grady Hillhouse, coming ...

24:34
The Mind-Blowing Flaw That Flooded New Orleans

1,777,452 views

1 month ago

Practical Engineering
Bridge Demolition is Complicated

The complex engineering involved in demolishing the I-74 Mississippi River Bridge. Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an ...

17:56
Bridge Demolition is Complicated

525,706 views

2 months ago

Practical Engineering
Why Roads Get Washboards

The bizarre science of washboards on unpaved roads ⚙️ Check out SendCutSend for custom parts fabricated from your CAD: ...

17:54
Why Roads Get Washboards

2,824,657 views

2 months ago

Practical Engineering
Fixing the Most Dangerous Dam in the World

The wild story of Mosul Dam in northern Iraq Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: ...

22:23
Fixing the Most Dangerous Dam in the World

613,215 views

3 months ago

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The Physics Behind the Thumb Trick

_Closed Conduit Hydraulics_ is a place where intuitions don't always serve you well ⚙️ Check out SendCutSend for custom ...

17:43
The Physics Behind the Thumb Trick

1,044,753 views

3 months ago

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The Wild Story of the Teton Dam Failure

This year is the 50th anniversary of the Teton Dam Failure Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: ...

19:23
The Wild Story of the Teton Dam Failure

1,186,349 views

4 months ago

Practical Engineering
This Spillway Failed On Purpose

An overview of fuse plug and fusible gate spillways ⚙️ Check out SendCutSend for custom parts fabricated from your CAD: ...

19:04
This Spillway Failed On Purpose

753,935 views

4 months ago

Practical Engineering
The Most Implausible Tunneling Method

How immersed tube tunnels are built. Immersed tube construction makes tunneling less like drilling a hole and more like docking ...

15:32
The Most Implausible Tunneling Method

2,249,073 views

1 year ago

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Why Spillway Gates Don't Rust Out

An overview of cathodic protection, including a rust prevention shootout in my garage. The bundle deal with Curiosity Stream has ...

13:21
Why Spillway Gates Don't Rust Out

3,049,446 views

3 years ago

Practical Engineering
Why are Smokestacks So Tall?

A peek behind the curtain of the Illium Works of the Federal Apparatus Corporation. Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an ...

20:20
Why are Smokestacks So Tall?

1,165,804 views

1 year ago

Practical Engineering
What Happens When a Reservoir Goes Dry?

Reservoirs are a solution to the tremendous variability in natural water supply, but what happens when they stop filling up?

13:42
What Happens When a Reservoir Goes Dry?

2,849,920 views

4 years ago

Practical Engineering
Why Locomotives Don't Have Tires

Friction is the final frontier of vehicle/rail interaction! Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: ...

16:18
Why Locomotives Don't Have Tires

1,950,869 views

2 years ago

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Why Bridges Don't Sink

An overview of the different types of pile foundations and how they work. Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual ...

17:30
Why Bridges Don't Sink

4,360,770 views

2 years ago

Practical Engineering
The Wild Story of the Taum Sauk Dam Failure

An overview of the Taum Sauk pumped storage facility, the failure of its upper reservoir in 2005, and the rebuilding process. Watch ...

20:10
The Wild Story of the Taum Sauk Dam Failure

11,164,197 views

1 year ago

Practical Engineering
The Hidden Engineering of Runways

A few of the things I love about runways Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: ...

18:40
The Hidden Engineering of Runways

1,873,057 views

7 months ago

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Why Engineers Can't Control Rivers

The unintended consequences of trying to change the course of rivers See Part 1 of this series here: ...

15:53
Why Engineers Can't Control Rivers

4,411,267 views

3 years ago

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The Most Confusing Part of the Power Grid

What the heck is power factor? Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: ...

22:07
The Most Confusing Part of the Power Grid

3,161,422 views

2 years ago

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How Bridge Engineers Design Against Ship Collisions

An overview of vessel collision design with help from @RoadGuyRob Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual ...

28:45
How Bridge Engineers Design Against Ship Collisions

1,562,079 views

2 years ago

Practical Engineering
Was Roman Concrete Better?

Comparing modern concrete to that of the western Roman empire. Errata: “More viscous” should be “less viscous”. More Videos ...

9:34
Was Roman Concrete Better?

2,649,258 views

7 years ago

Practical Engineering
Why Are Beach Holes So Deadly?

Just about every year, the news reports that someone was buried when a hole they dug collapsed on top of them Get Nebula ...

16:11
Why Are Beach Holes So Deadly?

6,844,500 views

1 year ago

Practical Engineering
Why Railroads Don't Need Expansion Joints

A friendly overview of thermal effects on railways. Watch the entire railway series here: ...

15:53
Why Railroads Don't Need Expansion Joints

5,183,495 views

2 years ago

Practical Engineering
Do Droughts Make Floods Worse?

The answer isn't as simple as you might think! One statistician famously said, “All models are wrong, but some are useful.

16:39
Do Droughts Make Floods Worse?

1,786,962 views

2 years ago

Practical Engineering
How the Hawaiian Power Grid Works

A few of the complexities involved in managing a mini power grid. Drawing the line between what's worth the investment and ...

17:12
How the Hawaiian Power Grid Works

2,278,212 views

2 years ago

Practical Engineering
Why Construction Projects Always Go Over Budget

Not just megaprojects suffer from our inability to accurately anticipate the expense and complexity of construction.

18:41
Why Construction Projects Always Go Over Budget

1,603,862 views

3 years ago