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Bridge Across the Humber (1982 Film)

Director

John Byrd

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the various stages of construction in the building of the superstructure of the Humber Bridge. Describes the spinning of the main suspension cables, the raising of the road deck units to completion of...

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Hammersmith Flyover, The (1961 Film, Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

London’s Hammersmith Flyover was constructed to carry westbound traffic over the approach roads to Hammersmith Broadway. The superstructure of the flyover is of prestressed concrete construction supported...

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Matter of Span, A (1969 Film, Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the manufacture of factory-produced pre-stressed concrete beams. Demonstrates with the aid of diagrams, how each type of unit is used to form a bridge deck. These operations are then shown in the...

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Fatal Flaw, The (1994 Video)

aka: Ferries: The Fatal Flaw

Producer

Andrew Williams

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive)

After the sinking of the ferry ‘Estonia’ on 28 September 1994, the programme looks at the failure of governments and ferry companies to address the real problem of roll-on roll-off car ferries - their...

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Vibration Absorbers: Normal Modes (1982 Video)

Subject

Engineering; Mathematics

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

The removal of unwanted vibrations from a system after completion of a design is common in engineering, but using dampers to absorb the vibration energy is not always possible. An alternative is the use of...

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