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Let’s take a look at this event through an engineering lens, talk a little bit about how technical and regulatory decisions play out in the aftermath of tragedy, and see if any lessons become …

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Mar 18, 2025 · I’m Grady, and this is Practical Engineering. The original bridge over the Seekonk River was finished in 1930. Part of that old bridge now serves as a pedestrian crossing and …

Nov 22, 2022 · I’m Grady, and this is Practical Engineering. In today’s episode, we’re talking about the impacts of blackouts on other infrastructure. Every so often some loud noise wakes …

Aug 20, 2024 · Let’s talk about why. I’m Grady, and this is Practical Engineering. The idea of a freeway really started in the 1920s with what’s now the Autostrada A8 in Italy: an automobile …

Mar 9, 2019 · Hey I’m Grady and this is Practical Engineering. Today we’re diving into one of the classic case studies of engineering failure: the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. A bridge is a …

Feb 14, 2016 · In engineering, you have inexpensive, you have effective, and you have innovative and you usually you get to pick one, sometimes two. For solving the problem of oscillation in …