Engineers can wipe out whole cities

by Mehan on January 23, 2009

“Engineers can wipe out the whole cities by mistake” This is the sentence it ends with. Yes, I’m talking about the Modern Marvels Engineering Disasters 17. This is the video which describes about the major engineering failures. It deeply describes about the various failures happened all arround the world. Also this video explains the causes of those engineering failures and the suggestions to avoid them in future.

The major engineering disasters described in this video are,

a. Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Collapsed in 1940), which is a lovely, elegant bridge in a light weight style failed due to Aero dynamic forces.

b. Kansas City Hyatt, Is a public building regency, where the walkway has been collapsed due to the mispositioned structural parts, is an another engineering disaster.

c. This video goes ahead with the causes of other unforgettable various engineering disasters. But at the end of this video it describes about the worst of the worst, where our India comes and gets this award for killing thousands of people in a single night, in an accident of Union Carbide Pesticide factory, Bhopal, India. To know more about all the above mentioned accidents, Please click on the below link.

This video will be more helpful for those who want to learn professional ethics. To see the video from google videos, Click Here.

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