‎Epic Engineering Failures and the Lessons They Teach - Apple TV

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Discovers the very human issues that contributed to poor engineering decisions in three cases, with disastrous consequences.

Documentary · 2023 · 35 min

Starring Stephen Ressler

EPISODE 1

Learning from Failure: Three Vignettes

Explores the human issues that contribute to poor engineering decisions in three cases, with disastrous consequences.

35 min · 22 June 2023
EPISODE 2

Flawed Design Concept: The Dee Bridge

Discover how the collapse of the Dee Bridge in the mid-19th century, and the subsequent accident enquiry, led to improved bridge safety throughout England.

37 min · 22 June 2023
EPISODE 3

Wind Loading: The Tay Bridge

Exploring the design and construction of the Tay Bridge and how the failure of one simple connection triggered a chain of events that brought down a 4,000-ton structure.

37 min · 22 June 2023
EPISODE 4

Rainwater Loading: Kemper Arena

Following forensic engineers as they painstakingly analyse the Kemper Arena's design and identify four major factors that contributed to the roof's collapse.

30 min · 22 June 2023
EPISODE 5

Earthquake Loading: The Cypress Structure

Exploring the complex effects of earthquakes on structures and learning the role resonance and sediment-induced amplification played in this catastrophe.

37 min · 22 June 2023
EPISODE 6

Vehicle Collisions: Land and Sea

A look at if the Summit Venture freighter's collision with Tampa's Sunshine Skyway Bridge and the subsequent damage was an engineering failure, or an accident.

32 min · 22 June 2023

Stephen Ressler

Host