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

By The Open University

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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 has cast new light on the failure of Tay rail bridge in Scotland 125 years earlier; with 75 people killed, the worst ever disaster to befall a trestle bridge. This material forms part of the course T357, Structural integrity: designing against failure.

Episode Date
Structural Integrity: Designing against failure
Feb 11, 2010
Transcript -- Structural Integrity: Designing against failure
Feb 11, 2010
Kinzua's Weakest Link
Dec 24, 2008
Transcript -- Kinzua's Weakest Link
Dec 24, 2008
Reconstructing the collapse
Dec 24, 2008
Transcript -- Reconstructing the collapse
Dec 24, 2008