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- Bridges · 16 videos
- Construction · 15 videos
- Introduction to Practical Engineering · 15 videos
- Wastewater Management · 12 videos
- Concrete · 11 videos
- Railway Engineering · 8 videos
- Groundwater · 8 videos
- Environmental Engineering · 8 videos
- Aerospace Engineering · 7 videos
- Practical Construction · 6 videos
- Corrosion · 4 videos
- Public Works: Season 1 · 3 videos
17:36Every Kind of Bridge Explained in 15 Minutes
2.54M viewsThe main bridge types (beam, truss, arch, suspension, cable-stayed and more) and how each carries load.
17:04The Hidden Engineering of Landfills
11.9M viewsHow modern landfills are engineered: liners, leachate collection, gas capture and settlement.
20:10The Wild Story of the Taum Sauk Dam Failure
11.4M viewsHow the Taum Sauk pumped-storage reservoir overtopped and failed in 2005, and the instrumentation errors behind it.
19:23The Wild Story of the Teton Dam Failure
1.23M viewsThe 1976 Teton Dam failure: internal erosion through the foundation and what dam engineering learned.
19:36Where Does Grounded Electricity Actually Go?
7.94M viewsWhat electrical grounding actually does in homes and the grid, and where fault current goes.
20:32Why Is Desalination So Difficult?
4.92M viewsWhy desalination is hard: the energy of reverse osmosis, brine disposal and costs.
11:00How Water Towers Work
7.41M viewsHow municipal water towers maintain pressure, store water and buffer demand.
9:34Was Roman Concrete Better?
2.65M viewsWas Roman concrete really better? The chemistry and engineering of Roman versus modern concrete.
17:06What Is A Black Start Of The Power Grid?
3.15M viewsHow a power grid restarts after a total blackout using black-start generators and careful sequencing.
18:27What Really Happened at the Oroville Dam Spillway?
5.35M viewsWhat went wrong at California's Oroville Dam spillway in 2017, from design details to the near-catastrophe.
8:11Why Concrete Needs Reinforcement
11.5M viewsWhy concrete is strong in compression but weak in tension, and how steel reinforcement fixes it.
9:13World's Largest Batteries - (Pumped Storage)
1.88M viewsHow pumped-storage hydroelectric plants store grid energy by moving water uphill, and why they're the world's largest batteries.
18:48Connecting Solar to the Grid is Harder Than You Think
2.36M viewsWhy connecting large solar farms to the grid is hard: inverters, grid strength, interconnection queues and stability.
12:28How Sewers Work (feat. Fake Poop)
5.57M viewsHow gravity sewers, lift stations and treatment plants move and clean wastewater.
10:37The Surprising Efficiency of Canal Locks
2.04M viewsHow canal locks move ships up and down hills with remarkable efficiency.
7:40What is Water Hammer?
6.87M viewsWhat water hammer is, why it damages pipes, and how engineers prevent it.
19:48Why Are Cooling Towers Shaped Like That?
9.49M viewsWhy power-plant cooling towers have their hyperboloid shape, and how natural-draft cooling works.
9:13Arduino Garden Controller - Automatic Watering and Data Logging
A 9-minute video from Practical Engineering: “Arduino Garden Controller - Automatic Watering and Data Logging”.
9:11What is Concrete?
A 9-minute video from Practical Engineering: “What is Concrete?”.
14:364 Myths About Construction Debunked
2.5M viewsA 15-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
20:19A Love Letter to Cable-Stayed Bridges
474K viewsA 20-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
16:29All Dams Are Temporary
6.1M viewsA 16-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
23:14An Engineer's Perspective on the Texas Floods
718K viewsA 23-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
9:27Arcade-Style Puzzle Box Mini Game
243K viewsA 9-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
5:18Arduino Weather Station - Internet of Things and the Particle Photon
85K viewsA 5-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
3:47Artificial Meteors and Re-Entry Engineering
A 4-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
5:26Automatic Bell Siphon Explained
2.59M viewsA 5-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
10:07Boil Water at Room Temperature! - Hydrostatics
A 10-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
17:56Bridge Demolition is Complicated
588K viewsA 18-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
6:49Building a tile mosaic coffee table
153K viewsA 7-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
6:34Building the Desktop Watt Balance and FAQ
A 7-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
17:07California’s Tallest Bridge Has Nothing Underneath
1.78M viewsA 17-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
8:24Can a satellite do a yo-yo trick?
462K viewsA 8-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
8:50Compress Air with No Moving Parts! - Trompe
2.75M viewsA 9-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
17:04Concrete's Greatest Weakness is Time
827K viewsA 17-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
5:39Dam and Reservoir Civil Engineer Career Day Display
324K viewsA 6-minute video from Practical Engineering's catalogue; the title names its topic.
Books that go with these videos
- Engineering in Plain Sight, Grady HillhouseGrady Hillhouse's own illustrated guide to infrastructure
- Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down, J.E. GordonThe classic on why structures stand up
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