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  1. Bridge over the Bosporus (1974 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The bridge, opened at the end of October 1973 to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic, is the longest single span suspension bridge in Europe. The film covers the project from...

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  2. 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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  3. Iron Making and Bridge Building (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Strong materials are required to make bridges, and wood or stone were replaced by iron as large blast furnaces came along. The superior tensile properties of iron allowed bridge builders to use new designs,...

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  4. Bridging the Gap 2 (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Ian Spratley
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Introduces structures and materials by presenting some intuitive ideas of stress in materials. Shows how material properties affect the shape or form of a structure by looking at man’s various attempts to...

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  5. Building in the Wind (1978 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 min.

    Discusses the efforts of scientists to deal with the often destructive forces of wind through the science of wind engineering. Shows the collapse of a suspension bridge due to ‘resonance effects’....

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  6. Standing Waves and the Principle of Superposition (1971 Film)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Explains how standing waves were associated only with sound waves until it was shown that the principle of superposition is applicable to all waves. Recent developments with low-cost laser and holographic...

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