Engineering News – James Webb Space Telescope (1:40)

This week's engineering failure is the Leaning Tower of Pisa (7:45). After taking almost 200 years to build, the tower has a few subsurface issues that contribute to its iconic lean (18:10). So much of a lean that it’s even won some world records (26:50). Luckily, to preserve the tower and prevent collapse, it underwent a stabilization project in the 1990s (31:05).

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Engineering News – Saildrone Inc Unmanned Surface Vehicle sails into Hurricane Sam (2:10).

This week's engineering failure is Apollo 1 (10:30). A fire broke out during a pre-launch test (13:50) on what was supposed to be the first crewed spaceflight to the Moon. There were a number of contributing factors (22:25) that led to the fire and poor rescue effort.

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Engineering News – Ultra Thin, Self Healing, Water Resistant Coatings (2:40).

This week's engineering failure is the Arecibo Telescope Collapse (5:00). Designed in the 1960s (9:00), the telescope accomplished a lot for science until its collapse (15:50) in 2020. NASA investigated the failure and issued a report (23:00) of findings earlier this year. But the silver lining, some cool things are being worked on for the future of the site (27:55).

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Engineering News – More Cladding Fires (0:15)

This week's engineering failure is The Big O, also known as Montreal Olympic Stadium (9:50). The Velodrome, located under the stadium tower had problems before construction even began (13:35). And those problems spilled over into and were exasperated by the sheer size and complexity of the stadium project (22:00). The stadium wasn't complete until after the games and has had ongoing problems ever since (33:30).

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Engineering News – Improving Electrical Insulation (4:20)

This week's engineering failure is the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Failure (6:50). We tried not to string the episode out too much, they got off to a rocky start, a little drama, but they eventually turned it around (28:40) and a decade later they had two working cables. And now we can look at cat pictures on the internet at work.

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Engineering News – U of A are developing sensors to detect when firefighters’ protective clothing is no longer safe (5:00)

This week's episode is about an engineering marvel; the Panama Canal (12:50). The canal construction started in 1881 by France (16:05) and was later taken over by the US (17:15). The passage (24:00) includes a number of locks (34:10) and a number of channels and lakes (36:40). The American Society of Civil Engineers considers the Panama Canal one of the seven wonders of the modern world.

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Engineering News – Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (0:18)

This week's episode is about the Kursk Submarine (4:30); a Russian Submarine that sank during a naval training exercise (13:40). The recovery of the ship was less than optimal (16:30) and there were many things to blame, some real and some conspiracy (23:10).

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Engineering News – Champlain Tower Collapse in Miami Florida (0:24)

This week's episode is about the Floating Bridges of Washington State that sank (12:00). Two floating bridges, the Hood Canal Bridge (26:30) and the Lacey V Murrow Bridge (28:30) sank during storms that occurred while each bridge was under major reconstruction. Luckily, Washington learned from its mistakes and rebuilt the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge before it was too late (38:35). 

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Engineering News – Surfside Condominium Building Collapse in Miami Florida on June 24, 2021. (1:35)

In this week's episode, I am joined by Brian, a former pilot, to talk about the de Havilland Comet (6:30). While the Comet had some wins (14:45), it also suffered significant losses. The first fatal crash occurred after take-off from Karachi, Pakistan on March 3, 1953 (19:45), followed by another crash on May 2, 1953, 6 minutes after take-off from Calcutta, India (20:35). Then in 1954, Yoke Peter crashed on Jan 10th (25:55) and Yoke Yoke crashed on April 8th (29:30), both about 20 minutes after takeoff from Rome.  

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Engineering News – Robotic Exoskeleton Therapy for People with MS (2:15).

This week`s episode is about the Folsom Dam Gate Failure (4:50). On July 17th, 1995, while gate 3 was opening (7:54), it’s structure failed and the gate swung open, allowing a rush of water down the river. The main cause of the failure? Rust. (9:33)

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