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Written by: artistharry [22/06/11, 08:03] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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BBC - Engineering Connections Series 3 (2011) Information Richard Hammonds Engineering Connections Series 3 In a third series Richard Hammond investigates the engineering connections that lie inside some of the most iconic structures on the planet: • a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tanker designed to carry an ultra-cold cargo with the energy equivalent of 50 nuclear bombs, • the ‘earthquake-proof’ Rion Antirion Bridge in Greece, • NASA’s Space Shuttle, the first re-usable space vehicle, • the sail-shaped Burj al Arab hotel in Dubai, • a Formula 1 car, • the iconic Japanese Bullet Train, the first, and still the most technologically advanced high speed railway system in the world. • Richard reveals an amazing range of unexpected ideas and legacies hidden deep in their DNA. Through large-scale demonstrations he investigates the crucial technology that makes these structures possible. He shows how, thanks to a WW2 German submarine, the Space Shuttle protects itself from self-destruction at launch. He creates his own earthquake to see what’s required to save the Bullet Train from severe seismic shocks – proof even against the biggest earthquake ever to hit Japan. And with a steam ‘bomb’ he explosively reveals just how much power the apparently old-fashioned technology can deliver to power an LNG tanker. Richard makes the surprising connections that make possible the greatest miracles of modern engineering. Part 1: Burj Al Arab The Burj Al Arab (Arabic: ??? ??????,Tower of the Arabs) is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At 321 m (1,053 ft), it is the fourth tallest hotel in the world. The Burj Al Arab stands on an artificial island 280 m (920 ft) out from Jumeirah beach, and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. It is an iconic structure whose shape mimics the sail of a ship. Video Codec: XviD ISO MPEG-4 Video Bitrate: 1691 kbps Video Resolution: 720 x 416 Video Aspect Ratio: 1.731 (16.9) Frames Per Second: 25 Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 Audio Bitrate: 128 kb/s CBR 48000 Hz Audio Streams: 2 Audio Languages: English RunTime Per Part: 49 mins Number Of Parts: 6 Part Size: 640 MB Ripped by: Harry65 Source: DVB-rip |
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