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Practical Engineering is all about infrastructure and the hu


01:36:35
1.5 Years of Heavy Construction in 1.5 Hours
20:10
The Wild Story of the Taum Sauk Dam Failure
19:38
Is the World Really Running Out of Sand?
15:08
When Infrastructure Gets Hacked
17:04
The Hidden Engineering of Landfills
13:18
Why Are Texas Interchanges So Tall?
16:41
How French Drains Work
16:27
When Natural Gas Had No Smell
17:30
Why Bridges Don't Sink
22:11
This Bridge Should Have Been Closed Years Before It Collapsed
22:07
The Most Confusing Part of the Power Grid
17:36
Every Kind of Bridge Explained in 15 Minutes
28:45
How Bridge Engineers Design Against Ship Collisions
18:48
Connecting Solar to the Grid is Harder Than You Think
16:18
Why Fish Ladders (Mostly) Work
17:12
How the Hawaiian Power Grid Works
22:22
How Fish Survive Hydro Turbines
15:33
How To Install a Pipeline Under a Railroad
16:18
Why Locomotives Don't Have Tires
20:12
How The Channel Tunnel Works
17:48
How Railroad Crossings Work
13:17
How Engineers Straightened the Leaning Tower of Pisa
15:53
Why Railroads Don't Need Expansion Joints
19:56
Engineering The Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor
18:11
Which Is Easier To Pull? (Railcars vs. Road Cars)
23:33
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 5
14:35
How Much Is a Human Worth? (according to engineers)
26:52
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 4
14:53
Why Are Rails Shaped Like That?
24:14
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 3
16:59
Every Type of Railcar Explained in 15 Minutes
20:37
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 2
16:39
Do Droughts Make Floods Worse?
19:25
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 1
17:21
Every Construction Machine Explained in 15 Minutes
19:36
Where Does Grounded Electricity Actually Go?
16:54
Philadelphia I-95 Bridge Collapse Explained
20:32
Why Is Desalination So Difficult?
14:44
Was Starship’s Stage Zero a Bad Pad?
13:54
How Flood Tunnels Work
16:44
What Really Happened During the Gas Explosions in the Merrimack Valley?
17:08
How Sensors Keep Bridges From Collapsing (and other structures too)
17:28
East Palestine Train Derailment Explained
15:53
Why Engineers Can't Control Rivers
18:41
Why Construction Projects Always Go Over Budget
17:48
Why Rivers Move
19:07
The Only State Capital Where You Can’t Drink the Water
15:53
Why Some Roads Are Made of Styrofoam
12:13
What Really Happened with the Substation Attack in North Carolina?
15:16
How Different Spillway Gates Work
12:14
How This Bridge Was Rebuilt in 15 Days After Hurricane Ian
17:06
What Is A Black Start Of The Power Grid?
14:57
How Long Would Society Last During a Total Grid Collapse?
17:15
How Would a Nuclear EMP Affect the Power Grid?
01:13
Engineering In Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment
16:04
The Time a Pickup Pulled the Space Shuttle
14:23
What's the Difference Between Paint and Coatings?
21:52
What Really Happened at the New Harbor Bridge Project?
13:21
Why Spillway Gates Don't Rust Out
11:34
What Really Happened During the Yellowstone Park Flood?