Courses, Practical Engineering

Dams

30 lectures, 7 hr 43 min in all

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1
The Bizarre Paths of Groundwater Around Structures
14 min
2
What is a Weir?
8 min
3
How are Underwater Structures Built?
8 min
4
All Dams Are Temporary
16 min
5
What Really Happened at the Oroville Dam Spillway?
18 min
6
How Different Spillway Gates Work
15 min
7
Why Engineers Can't Control Rivers
16 min
8
The Most Dangerous Dams
9 min
9
Why Rivers Move
18 min
10
What is a Hydraulic Jump?
9 min
11
Rebuilding the Oroville Dam Spillways
21 min
12
What Happens When a Reservoir Goes Dry?
14 min
13
How Fish Survive Hydro Turbines
22 min
14
What Really Happened At Edenville and Sanford Dams?
14 min
15
How Quicksand Causes Dam Failures
5 min
16
The Mind-Blowing Flaw That Flooded New Orleans
25 min
17
World's Largest Batteries - (Pumped Storage)
9 min
18
California’s Tallest Bridge Has Nothing Underneath
17 min
19
Why Fish Ladders (Mostly) Work
16 min
20
The Hidden Engineering Behind Texas's Top Tourist Attraction
21 min
21
Are Beavers Actually Good at Dams?
19 min
22
The Only State Capital Where You Can’t Drink the Water
19 min
23
The Wild Story of the Teton Dam Failure
19 min
24
Why Are There No Short Arch Dams?
17 min
25
Sawing a Dam in Half (on Purpose)
21 min
26
How Do Flood Control Structures Work?
11 min
27
The Most Mindblowing Infrastructure in My City
9 min
28
This Spillway Failed On Purpose
19 min
29
Fixing the Most Dangerous Dam in the World
22 min
30
Why Engineers Invent Floods
11 min