Epic Engineering Failures and the Lessons They Teach. Episode 5, Earthquake Loading: The Cypress Structure
(2024, original release: 2022)
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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2022
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (37 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
15065552
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames
While the Loma Prieta earthquake caused many fires, landslides, and structural failures, two thirds of the fatalities were caused by the collapse of the Cypress Structure, a two-level elevated highway. Explore the complex effects of earthquakes on structures and learn the role resonance and sediment-induced amplification played in this catastrophe
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Stephen Ressler
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2022
Mode of access: World Wide Web