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So now, you may get separation

Engineering Catastrophes

So now, you may get separation between the soil structureand the wall. As the dried...

Engineering Catastrophes • S06E10 • 2018

So now, you may get separation between the soil structure
and the wall. [narrator] As the dried soil
pulled away, the weakened wall
was left unsupported. And it was only
a matter of time before it failed. But the soil wasn't
the only factor. The type of retaining wall might have played
a part as well. [Jack] First of all,
given the height of the wall, you may have wanted
to consider something
other than a gravity wall

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So now, you may get separation

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between the soil structure and the wall.

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[narrator] As the dried soil pulled away,

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the weakened wall was left unsupported.

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And it was only a matter of time

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before it failed.

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But the soil wasn't the only factor.

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The type of retaining wall

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might have played a part as well.

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[Jack] First of all, given the height of the wall,

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you may have wanted to consider something other than a gravity wall.

Duration

34 seconds

Views

12

Timestamp in Movie

00:19:41

Uploaded

Oct 28, 2025

Season

6

Episode

10

Genres

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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.