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Engineering Catastrophes

It can handle heavy vertical loads really well. But it's Achilles heelis side impact

It can handle heavy vertical loads really well. But it's Achilles heel
is side impact

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It can handle heavy vertical loads really well.
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But it's Achilles heel is side impact.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
10
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:42
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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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.
S06 • E03 [narrator] While the creep weakened the connections to the steel pylons, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
[narrator] While the creep weakened the connections to th...
S06 • E01 [narrator] But what had caus this huge sinkhole to open u - Engineering Catastrophes 00:26
[narrator] But what had caus this huge sinkhole to open u
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: Civil engineer Nestor Cueto followed the case. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
NARRATOR: Civil engineer Nestor Cueto followed the case.
S06 • E07 These bearings have to allow for the fact that the bridge is - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
These bearings have to allow for the fact that the bridge is
S06 • E05 Giving the impression that, maybe, that's what failed. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
Giving the impression that, maybe, that's what failed.
S06 • E02 A massive strike that can cause it to crack, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:26
A massive strike that can cause it to crack,
S06 • E09 This impact could have caused a shift in the column, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
This impact could have caused a shift in the column,
S06 • E04 They... they do not bring the structure down. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
They... they do not bring the structure down.
S06 • E06 Once in place, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
Once in place,
S06 • E04 [Joel] There was a lot of speculation about exactly what went wrong. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
[Joel] There was a lot of speculation about exactly what wen...
S06 • E08 [narrator] Property owner Thor Mitskog heard the devastating news. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] Property owner Thor Mitskog heard the devastating...
S06 • E03 But although it seems rock solid, granite is porous - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
But although it seems rock solid, granite is porous
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: As Geoff demonstrates, the system allowing - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
NARRATOR: As Geoff demonstrates, the system allowing
S06 • E09 KWAMI: Records show that although the damaged column - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
KWAMI: Records show that although the damaged column
S06 • E04 [narrator] So what actually went wrong? - Engineering Catastrophes 00:25
[narrator] So what actually went wrong?
S06 • E03 [narrator] When the bridge was built, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
[narrator] When the bridge was built,
S06 • E08 I mean, what the hell happened? - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
I mean, what the hell happened?
S06 • E01 [Simon] Wherever it is, there's one key feature, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
[Simon] Wherever it is, there's one key feature,
S06 • E07 We're looking at a model to show the primary components of - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
We're looking at a model to show the primary components...
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: The crane's impact may or may not - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
NARRATOR: The crane's impact may or may not