Practical Engineering

17:33

When Abandoned Mines Collapse

17:36

When Kitty Litter Caused a Nuclear Catastrophe

16:11

Why Are Beach Holes So Deadly?

20:04

This Bridge’s Bizarre Design Nearly Caused It To Collapse

16:29

All Dams Are Temporary

20:19

A Love Letter to Cable-Stayed Bridges

13:10

What’s Inside a Manhole?

22:20

Why are the Dutch So Good at Waterworks?

20:48

The Hidden Engineering Behind Texas's Top Tourist Attraction

16:56

The Hidden Engineering of Wildlife Crossings

13:31

What’s the Deal with Base Plates?

23:17

Which Power Plant Does My Electricity Come From?

19:48

Why Are Cooling Towers Shaped Like That?

1:36:35

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?

0:33

3 Million!

14:57

How Long Would Society Last During a Total Grid Collapse?

17:15

How Would a Nuclear EMP Affect the Power Grid?

1:13

Engineering In Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment

0:58

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 16) #shorts

16:04

The Time a Pickup Pulled the Space Shuttle

1:00

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 15) #shorts

14:23

What's the Difference Between Paint and Coatings?

1:00

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 14) #shorts

21:52

What Really Happened at the New Harbor Bridge Project?

1:00

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 13) #shorts

13:21

Why Spillway Gates Don't Rust Out

1:00

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 12) #shorts

11:34

What Really Happened During the Yellowstone Park Flood?

1:00

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 11) #shorts

13:46

You Spend More on Rust Than Gasoline (Probably)

1:00

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 10) #shorts

13:42

What Happens When a Reservoir Goes Dry?

1:00

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 9) #shorts

14:53

How Do You Steer a Drill Below The Earth?

0:59

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 8) #shorts

14:36

4 Myths About Construction Debunked

1:00

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 7) #shorts

14:02

The Bizarre Paths of Groundwater Around Structures

0:59

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 6) #shorts

1:00

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 5) #shorts

12:10

How We Track Diseases In Sewage

1:00

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 4) #shorts

14:13

How Wells & Aquifers Actually Work

1:00

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 3) #shorts

12:17

The Engineering Behind Russia's Deadlocked Pipeline: Nord Stream 2

1:00

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 2) #shorts

13:18

What Sewage Treatment and Brewing Have in Common

0:59

Name That Infrastructure (Ep. 1) #shorts

8:58

The Most Mindblowing Infrastructure in My City