Epic Engineering Failures and the Lessons They Teach. Episode 5, Earthquake Loading: The Cypress Structure [eFilm]
2024
Streaming Video
While the Loma Prieta earthquake caused many fires, landslides, and structural failures, two thirds of the fatalities were caused by the collapse of the Cypress Structure, a two-level elevated highway. Explore the complex effects of earthquakes on structures and learn the role resonance and sediment-induced amplification played in this catastrophe.
Author:
Imprint:
The Great Courses, 2022.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (37 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2022.
Performers:
Stephen Ressler
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
BRN:
820320
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