Structural Integrity: designing against failure - for iPad/Mac/PC

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The Kinzua rail viaduct, in Pennsylvania, collapsed when it was hit by a tornado in 2003. First built in 1882 and redesigned 1900, it was at one time the highest bridge in the world. The two video tracks in this album tell the story of the Kinzua catastrophe. The subsequent forensic investigation h…

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  • Feb 10, 2010 LATEST EPISODE
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Latest episodes from Structural Integrity: designing against failure - for iPad/Mac/PC

Structural Integrity: Designing against failure

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2010 0:56


A short introduction to this album.

Transcript -- Structural Integrity: Designing against failure

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2010


Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

Kinzua's Weakest Link

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2008 10:21


An engineer's worst nightmare come true. Using aerial photography and forensic markers to investigate the precise sequence of the collapse.

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Transcript -- Kinzua's Weakest Link

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2008


Transcript -- An engineer's worst nightmare come true. Using aerial photography and forensic markers to investigate the precise sequence of the collapse.

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Reconstructing the collapse

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2008 9:32


Connecting the failure at Kinzua to the Tay Bridge disaster. What lessons have gone into the construction of the new bridge at Mingo creek?

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Transcript -- Reconstructing the collapse

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2008


Transcript -- Connecting the failure at Kinzua to the Tay Bridge disaster. What lessons have gone into the construction of the new bridge at Mingo creek?

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