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  1. Structural Steelwork Connections (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 22 min., 1995 sale: £150.00 (inclusive)

    Highlights important aspects of bolted connections. Demonstrates bolted connections in tension and shear, including the effect of eccentricity, prying force, displacements and the connection stiffness.

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  2. Tension Field Action in Plate Girders (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 8 min., 1995 sale: £60.00 (inclusive)

    Considers the interaction of web buckling, flange stiffness and vertical stiffeners. The explanation of each problem is followed by laboratory tests giving experimental support.

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  3. Ceramics Under Stress (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Controlling the porosity and flaw size distribution in a ceramic allows the strength to be specified. A grinding wheel, for example, needs large holes within it to work efficiently but an artificial hip...

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  4. Foretelling Fatigue Life (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows a computer system for calculating the fatigue-free life of engineering components predicting the life of a connecting rod. Recorded on location at GKN and MIRA. Uses computer animation to explain the...

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  5. Last of the Liberties (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Discusses the Liberty ships built in the USA during World War 2 using the then comparatively new technique of welding. Caught up in the speed of their construction, the ships contained a serious flaw causing...

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  6. Living with Cracks (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 19 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Starting with materials that are notch-sensitive, looks at predominantly elastic material, and explains how the plane strain fracture toughness is established for any particular material. The technique of...

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  7. Made Without Flaw (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Investigates the development of the fracture mechanics theory which has enabled engineers to predict the behaviour of a cracked body. Demonstrates the use of the theory with reference to aircraft and...

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  8. New Hips for Old (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences; Technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Wear mechanisms and the choice of materials for artifical hip joints are inseparable. A historical survey of mateials used, past and present, is followed by a lecture filmed at the University of Leeds on...

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  9. Plastics Under Pressure (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Considers the design, manufacture and testing of two examples of ‘plastics under pressure’, a gas pipe and a pop bottle. Shows why each material was selected, how the physical properties are improved and...

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  10. Something in the Air (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    After about 16 years in service, Canberra bombers developed cracks in the centre section forgings, which hold the wings onto the aircraft. This programme invenstgates what caused the cracks and who has been...

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