Building Across: Beams and Bending Episode 6 of Understanding the World's Greatest Structures
Beams, combining tension and compression, are central to the second aspiration supported by engineering: building across long distances. As you survey beams from the primitive lintel over the Lion Gate at Mycenae to Norway's Raftsundet Bridge, you'll investigate scientific developments and transform your understanding of what makes this structural element possible.
Running Time
32 mins
Year
2011
Kanopy ID
1146779
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Professor at Lehigh University, Professor at United States Army War College, Professor at United States Military Academy - West Point, Stephen Ressler Ph.D
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