Question of Balance, A

Synopsis: For two days during the autumn of 1975, a partially collapsed tower crane threatened Queen Street mainline railway station in Glasgow. Stage by stage, the crane was delicately dismantled and made safe. The collapse was caused by the fracture of a tie bar holding up the crane counter-jib and a technical investigation of the reasons for this fracture is carried forward throughout the film. The purpose is to set classical engineering studies in a practical context, and to provide springboards for the discussion of important topics - statistics analysis, stress concentrations, experimental strain measurement, fatigue, crack propagation, impact loading, wind forces.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 27 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1975
Availability: Hire (film - HEFVL)
Sale (Univ Strathclyde)
Uses: Engineering students.
Subjects: Engineering
Keywords: stress in materials

Cast

T G F Gray

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