Understanding the World's Greatest Structures: Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity

Building Up—Columns and Buckling

Educational Mar 4, 2011 32 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E5: One of the most potent human aspirations supported by engineering is to build up. Learn how this has been done from antiquity to the present with columns - structural members that carry load primarily in compression. You'll also learn about buckling: the often catastrophic stability failure that occurs in columns with certain geometric characteristics.

Educational Mar 4, 2011 32 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2011
Run Time: 32 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.