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Index
Dedication
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Colossus of Rhodes
Experiment 1: All Shook Up
Experiment 2: Hold that Pose
Chapter 2: Fidenae Stadium Collapses
Experiment 3: From the Ground Up
Experiment 4: Weighing the Possibilities
Chapter 3: The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Experiment 5: Will It Tip?
Experiment 6: It’s Sinking In
Chapter 4: The Collapsing Cathedral
Experiment 7: Flying High
Chapter 5: The Tay Bridge Disaster
Experiment 8: Wind Load
Experiment 9: Snap, Crackle . . .
Chapter 6: The “Unsinkable” Titanic
Experiment 10: Staying Afloat
Experiment 11: Overflow!
Chapter 7: The Boston Molasses Flood
Experiment 12: Holding Up to Pressure
Experiment 13: Slow as Molasses?
Chapter 8: The Hindenburg Crashes
Experiment 14: Don’t Give Me Static
Experiment 15: Down in Flames
Chapter 9: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Experiment 16: Damping tactics
Chapter 10: Sherman Tanks Get Stuck
Experiment 17: Elephant’s Footprint
Chapter 11: Flight of the “Spruce Goose”
Experiment 18: Pressure Drop
Experiment 19: “Drag” Racing
Chapter 12The Plywood Skyscraper
Experiment 20: Blowing Hot and Cold
Experiment 21: Into the Swing
Chapter 13: Radial Tires come unglued
Experiment 22: Corrosion Damage
Experiment 23: Spinning Out
Chapter 14: Whoops—the Lake’s Gone
Experiment 24: The Violent Vortex
Chapter 15: The Sinclair C Stalls
Experiment 25: Taking Things Wide
Experiment 26: Onward and Upward?
Chapter 16: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Experiment 27: Double Hulls
Chapter 17: The Paris Airport Collapse
Experiment 28: Metal Expansion
Chapter 18: Chile’s Trapped Miners
Experiment 29: Stay on Target
Chapter 19: The Metrodome Deflates
Experiment 30: The Pressure’s On
Experiment 31: Why a Dome?
Chapter 20: The Infamous “Fryscraper”
Experiment 32: Reflect or Absorb?
Experiment 33: The Umbrella Oven
Afterword
At a Glance
Photo Credits
Copyright
About the Author
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