Courses, Practical Engineering

Flooding

30 lectures, 7 hr 39 min in all

Videos about different aspects of flooding and how engineers manage it.

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1
The Wild Story of the Taum Sauk Dam Failure
20 min
2
What Really Happened at the Oroville Dam Spillway?
18 min
3
Why Engineers Can't Control Rivers
16 min
4
How Do Spillways Work?
8 min
5
Why are the Dutch So Good at Waterworks?
22 min
6
Why Rivers Move
18 min
7
Where Does Stormwater Go?
12 min
8
What Happens When a Reservoir Goes Dry?
14 min
9
What Really Happened At Edenville and Sanford Dams?
14 min
10
What Is a Culvert?
10 min
11
What Really Happened During the Yellowstone Park Flood?
12 min
12
Do Retention Ponds Actually Work?
18 min
13
How Does Permeable Pavement Work?
10 min
14
The 100 Year Flood Is Not What You Think It Is (Maybe)
8 min
15
How Flood Tunnels Work
14 min
16
The Mind-Blowing Flaw That Flooded New Orleans
25 min
17
Do Droughts Make Floods Worse?
17 min
18
California’s Tallest Bridge Has Nothing Underneath
17 min
19
The Hidden Engineering Behind Texas's Top Tourist Attraction
21 min
20
How Coastal Erosion Works
10 min
21
The Only State Capital Where You Can’t Drink the Water
19 min
22
How This Bridge Was Rebuilt in 15 Days After Hurricane Ian
12 min
23
The Wild Story of the Teton Dam Failure
19 min
24
Hurricane vs. Tiny Houses
22 min
25
How Do Flood Control Structures Work?
11 min
26
This Spillway Failed On Purpose
19 min
27
An Engineer's Perspective on the Texas Floods
23 min
28
What is Storm Surge?
10 min
29
Why Engineers Invent Floods
11 min
30
Rivers on Mars! (and other uses for hydraulic models)
8 min