Ep 16 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse
02/28/21 • 24 min
Welcome to the sixteenth episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures. This week's episode is about the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse.
After the Sunshine Skyway Bridge was hit by the MV Summit Venture, collapsing a 300m+ section of the bridge into the Tampa Bay, Florida had to rebuild the bridge better and safer. This episode covers the original bridge construction (6:00), the bridge collapse (7:45), and how the failure shaped the new bridge design (14:50).
Engineering news segment covers the NASA Mars Perseverance Rover (4:25) - https://phys.org/news/2021-02-mars-team-awestruck-photo-descending.html
Transcript / Photos / Sources from this episode - https://www.failurology.ca/
Website - www.failurology.ca
Twitter - https://twitter.com/failurology
Email - [email protected]
Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/company/failurology-podcast
Welcome to the sixteenth episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures. This week's episode is about the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse.
After the Sunshine Skyway Bridge was hit by the MV Summit Venture, collapsing a 300m+ section of the bridge into the Tampa Bay, Florida had to rebuild the bridge better and safer. This episode covers the original bridge construction (6:00), the bridge collapse (7:45), and how the failure shaped the new bridge design (14:50).
Engineering news segment covers the NASA Mars Perseverance Rover (4:25) - https://phys.org/news/2021-02-mars-team-awestruck-photo-descending.html
Transcript / Photos / Sources from this episode - https://www.failurology.ca/
Website - www.failurology.ca
Twitter - https://twitter.com/failurology
Email - [email protected]
Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/company/failurology-podcast
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Ep 15 The Origin Story - Q&A Episode
Welcome to the fifteenth episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's episode is the Failurology Origin Story; AKA the Q&A episode.
Youtube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3RDI-otspo
Podcast website - http://www.failurology.ca
Twitter - https://twitter.com/failurology
Email - [email protected]
Linked In - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/nicole-imeson-b6658a56
Next Episode
Ep 17 Hindenburg
The episode begins with a special segment on Women in Engineering to celebrate International Women`s Day (March 9th) and National Engineering Month in Canada.
This week`s engineering failure is the Hindenburg Disaster. Before there were airplanes, there were Zeppelins (9:50). In 1937, the Hindenburg Zeppelin caught fire during landing (18:00), engulfing the entire ship in flames in under a minute; ending the Zeppelin Era for good.
Transcript / Photos / Sources from this episode - https://www.failurology.ca/
Women in Engineering Sources:
- https://www.apega.ca/docs/default-source/pdfs/apega-2020-salary-survey-member-report.pdf?sfvrsn=7f100b14_4
- https://womenasleversofchange.com/
National Engineering Month Events - http://nemontario.ca/events/
Ways to get in touch.
Twitter - https://twitter.com/failurology
Email - [email protected]
Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/company/failurology-podcast
Website – www.failurology.ca
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1Buq46PYyxKbCDGTqbsDg
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