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ARCHIBALD: If you didn't take into account that

Engineering Catastrophes

If you didn't takeinto account that the bridge has to expandand contract with the bridge...

Engineering Catastrophes • S06E07 • 2018

ARCHIBALD: If you didn't take
into account that the bridge has to expand
and contract with the bridge has to expand
and contract with varying temperatures, you'd actually get buckling --
think about a straw where you push on the ends, it will buckle and then,
of course, it becomes undrivable and unsafe

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ARCHIBALD: If you didn't take into account that

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the bridge has to expand and contract with

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the bridge has to expand and contract with

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varying temperatures,

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you'd actually get buckling -- think about a straw

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where you push on the ends,

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it will buckle and then, of course, it becomes

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undrivable and unsafe.

Duration

15 seconds

Views

11

Timestamp in Movie

00:16:12

Uploaded

Oct 28, 2025

Season

6

Episode

7

Genres

Production

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Movie Summary

With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.