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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?

489,304 views

4 days 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

1,638,077 views

2 weeks 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

492,790 views

1 month 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

2,673,382 views

1 month 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

594,257 views

2 months ago

Practical Engineering
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

986,893 views

2 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

1,169,130 views

3 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

728,234 views

3 months ago

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The Los Angeles Aqueduct is Wild

A little tour of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: ...

22:59
The Los Angeles Aqueduct is Wild

4,734,718 views

4 months ago

Practical Engineering
How Earthquake Bearings Work

An overview of seismic base isolation for buildings ⚙️ Check out SendCutSend for custom parts fabricated from your CAD: ...

18:04
How Earthquake Bearings Work

631,383 views

4 months ago

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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?

2,847,302 views

4 years ago

Practical Engineering
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

3,031,760 views

3 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?

6,708,286 views

1 year ago

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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?

1,158,577 views

1 year ago

Practical Engineering
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

4,405,261 views

3 years ago

Practical Engineering
You Spend More on Rust Than Gasoline (Probably)

The colossal cost of a simple chemical reaction. Metals are so necessary and important to modern society that we'll never escape ...

13:46
You Spend More on Rust Than Gasoline (Probably)

2,658,291 views

3 years ago

Practical Engineering
What’s Inside a Manhole?

See-through sewer system... Say that five times fast. Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: ...

13:10
What’s Inside a Manhole?

2,223,451 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

5,160,755 views

2 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

3,139,390 views

2 years ago

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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

2,249,013 views

2 years ago

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What Is A Black Start Of The Power Grid?

A summary of the challenges with starting a grid back up from total collapse. The grid is a little bit of a house of cards. It's not ...

17:06
What Is A Black Start Of The Power Grid?

2,988,727 views

3 years ago

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Why Are There No Short Arch Dams?

A structural comparison of gravity and arch dams Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: ...

16:40
Why Are There No Short Arch Dams?

1,083,292 views

11 months ago

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How Fish Survive Hydro Turbines

An on-location primer on the science & engineering of getting fish around dams. Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual ...

22:22
How Fish Survive Hydro Turbines

2,693,170 views

2 years ago

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4 Myths About Construction Debunked

Let's set the record straight for a few construction misconceptions! Errata: The shot at 4:16 is of the Greek Acropolis (not a Roman ...

14:36
4 Myths About Construction Debunked

2,488,343 views

4 years ago

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When Infrastructure Gets Hacked

A few interesting stories about digital security for infrastructure Digital systems interact with every aspect of our daily lives and ...

15:08
When Infrastructure Gets Hacked

726,584 views

1 year ago

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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

1,829,004 views

6 months ago

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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?

2,647,500 views

7 years ago

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Engineering The Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor

A civil engineer's tour of the ITER megaproject Watch Jade's @upandatom video here: https://youtu.be/A5RxUW7VC-A I don't ...

19:56
Engineering The Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor

1,203,995 views

2 years ago

Practical Engineering
Why are the Dutch So Good at Waterworks?

A look at some of the most impressive flood control projects on Earth Do the Dutch really have the rest of the world outclassed ...

22:20
Why are the Dutch So Good at Waterworks?

3,298,173 views

1 year ago