Epic Engineering Failures and the Lessons They Teach. Episode 16, Brittle Fracture: The Great Molasses Flood
(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) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
15065574
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
In December 1915, United States Industrial Alcohol (USIA) built—without any formal engineering design—a massive cylindrical steel tank along Boston's North End waterfront to store incoming shipments of molasses. When the tank ruptured three years later, 21 people died. Explore the phenomena of metal fatigue and brittle fracture and learn what role they played in the Great Boston Molasses Flood
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Stephen Ressler
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2022
Mode of access: World Wide Web