Building across : beams and bending. the Teaching Company. Lecture 6 /
Explores in this lecture, beams, combining tension and compression, how they are central to the second aspiration supported by engineering: building across long distances. Surveys beams from the primitive lintel over the Lion Gate at Mycenae to Norway's Raftsundet Bridge. Investigates scientifi...
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| Format: | Streaming video |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Great courses series.
Understanding the world's greatest structures : science and innovation from antiquity to modernity ; Disc. 1. |
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| Summary: | Explores in this lecture, beams, combining tension and compression, how they are central to the second aspiration supported by engineering: building across long distances. Surveys beams from the primitive lintel over the Lion Gate at Mycenae to Norway's Raftsundet Bridge. Investigates scientific developments and transforms understanding of what makes this structural element possible. This series journeys around the world and reveals the stories behind some of the most famous bridges, churches, skyscrapers, towers, and other structures from thousands of years of history. Blends history and science to illuminate some of the most remarkable architectural masterpieces and focuses on the structural engineering and the underlying scientific principles. |
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| Item Description: | "Course No. 1153"--Disc label. Lecture 6 of 24 lectures (approx. 30 min. each) on four discs. Converted with permission from DVD videodisc to streaming video format, May 21, 2014. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) |