6 Construction Failures, and What We Learned From Them
Things can go wrong in scientific experiments sometimes, but when it comes to engineering, getting things wrong can be disastrous. Hosted by: Hank Green ...
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Scientists sometimes get a little excited when an experiment doesn't work the way they expect it to. It's an opportunity to learn something new about the world, and they can always change the expriment a bit to try again next time. Engineering... is a little bit different. Desginers and engineers generally prefer to find out something's wrong before it's built instead of after, because engineering failures can be disasterous. But engineering failures have happened and, if nothing else, they're an opportunity to learn what not to do next time. When it opened in 1878, Scotland's 3.2 km Tay bridge was the longest bridge in the world. It was so impressive that queen Victoria knighted Thomas Bouch, the Tay bridge designer after she took the train across it. But on December...
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Scientists sometimes get a little excited when an experiment doesn't work the way they expect it to. It's an opportunity to learn something new about the world, and they can always change the expriment a bit to try again next time. Engineering... is a little bit different. Desginers and engineers generally prefer to find out something's wrong before it's built instead of after, because engineering failures can be disasterous. But engineering failures have happened and, if nothing else, they're an opportunity to learn what not to do next time. When it opened in 1878, Scotland's 3.2 km Tay bridge was the longest bridge in the world. It was so impressive that queen Victoria knighted Thomas Bouch, the Tay bridge designer after she took the train across it. But on December...
