Golden Gate Bridge | The CRAZY Engineering behind it

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  • Опубликовано: 17 авг 2022
  • The design and construction of the Golden gate bridge led to revolution in Civil engineering. Let's understand all the magical engineering behind the Golden gate bridge.
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  • @Lesics
    @Lesics  Год назад +807

    Hello everyone, Lesics is in a brink of shutting down. Your help at Patreon is crucial for us - www.patreon.com/Lesics
    Hoping for your support, Cheers Sabin Mathew

    • @ndd5619
      @ndd5619 Год назад +12

      All your videos are really Great...and a Big hiiii to the girl in this video @Yogita🥳😘

    • @johnstrawb3521
      @johnstrawb3521 Год назад +7

      Architect here, with an emphasis on structural engineering. Bravo!

    • @MukeshKumar-bg8fe
      @MukeshKumar-bg8fe Год назад +3

      Amazing🔥🔥🔥

    • @sharancr8
      @sharancr8 Год назад +4

      Sir make a video about speedometer

    • @vroomyomo8134
      @vroomyomo8134 Год назад +2

      Love your video! Thank you! 😍

  • @pachitapuchicaca
    @pachitapuchicaca Год назад +20437

    I appreciate that they went above and beyond to create a 3D version of the engineer, just so we can see him proudly cross his arms..

    • @JaySmith91
      @JaySmith91 Год назад +472

      If you ask me, that's time well spent!

    • @KarlenBell
      @KarlenBell Год назад +392

      I crossed my arms with him @2:21 so that I could feel as proud as he did 😅

    • @mistamal
      @mistamal Год назад +246

      IT WAS FOR THE FIST BUMP

    • @dgw6448
      @dgw6448 Год назад +35

      Agreed. It was a high point

    • @devanshgarg31
      @devanshgarg31 Год назад +4

      🤣

  • @moxxy3565
    @moxxy3565 Год назад +4816

    Very realistic animation. Especially the part where one worker ran the cable while 2 others just stared at the water. 😂

    • @vallunahkonen
      @vallunahkonen Год назад +188

      @@stuka1111 clearly missed the joke there...

    • @moxxy3565
      @moxxy3565 Год назад +233

      @@stuka1111 the animation is Great. I was making a joke about how there is usually a bunch of construction workers standing around doing nothing. At least in the US.

    • @praetorian3902
      @praetorian3902 Год назад +36

      @@moxxy3565 E.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e!!!

    • @crylune
      @crylune Год назад +49

      @@moxxy3565 I mean, if I was paid their wage and had literally no worker rights in comparison to Europe I would also stop giving a shit.

    • @peterdu8536
      @peterdu8536 Год назад

      @@crylune then go to europe🤣

  • @PROTOTYPE-ISH
    @PROTOTYPE-ISH 28 дней назад +77

    Anyone else here after Baltimore's Key Bridge accident and collapse?👀 Great video, by the way. Very insightful!

  • @JohnSmith-nw2ls
    @JohnSmith-nw2ls Год назад +367

    Designing and rendering a 15 minute animation like this is also quite a feat of engineering, especially one with as much detail as this one. Thank you so much for all the hard work and time putting this together

    • @Getohracer33
      @Getohracer33 8 месяцев назад +1

      AI Puts all these types of infovideos together

    • @lucasread1743
      @lucasread1743 6 месяцев назад +14

      @@Getohracer33umm are you sure???

  • @samarthbarshi1916
    @samarthbarshi1916 Год назад +5737

    They made all this in a time when there was no CAD and other simulation softwares. It's truly remarkable.

    • @Zuconja
      @Zuconja Год назад +222

      This was made in modern era, after industrial revolution, it's not that impressive, it's way more remarkable what Romans achieved.

    • @eyeofthepyramid2596
      @eyeofthepyramid2596 Год назад +160

      All you need is a pen and paper

    • @FrankToasty
      @FrankToasty Год назад +35

      Just do it the traditional way which is oh dear.

    • @0xD1CE
      @0xD1CE Год назад +394

      @@Zuconja Right, the Romans made poop sewers. Truly remarkable...

    • @ripbob1780
      @ripbob1780 Год назад +209

      @@Zuconja both can be impressive

  • @okdarius
    @okdarius Год назад +2053

    I'm not even that into civil engineering but this was REALLY fascinating to watch and learn about.

    • @HungryTv13
      @HungryTv13 Год назад +6

      stop the cap, that was awful

    • @okdarius
      @okdarius Год назад +68

      @@HungryTv13 huh? if you're talking about the animations solely then maybe, but if the animations is all you got from this video then god help you.

    • @NevrrPresntt
      @NevrrPresntt Год назад

      Same here bro

    • @jamesy_2680
      @jamesy_2680 Год назад +7

      I am a Mechanical Engineering student myself, and this is fascinating tho

    • @bellamarley9455
      @bellamarley9455 Год назад +1

      Its structural engineering

  • @WaveArsenal
    @WaveArsenal Год назад +68

    I appreciate how the sharks just calmly watch the divers working to place the bombs, like "Leave em alone, they're doing complicated work here.."

  • @HimDead1228
    @HimDead1228 29 дней назад +44

    I'm here after the Bridge collapse in Baltimore. Very very tragic 😞

    • @henryhenderson7051
      @henryhenderson7051 29 дней назад +2

      Big difference between the main pillars of the two bridges right?

    • @HimDead1228
      @HimDead1228 29 дней назад +1

      @@henryhenderson7051 I'm not sure at this point. Looks like a similar structure. The B-more bridge had more pillars underneath

    • @Claax4
      @Claax4 28 дней назад

      ​@@HimDead1228that was the most random and unexpected thing that happened here in Baltimore like i wasn't expecting that but seems like they crashed the ship on purpose since you can watch as the cargo ship turns towards the pillar

    • @cosled
      @cosled 26 дней назад

      @@Claax4power turned off.

    • @Claax4
      @Claax4 26 дней назад

      @@cosled no the currents were pushing the ship around since there were currents there and the power went off twice but the moon lit up the sky so they could see where they were going

  • @gregparrott
    @gregparrott Год назад +2525

    14:33 I attended the bridge's 50th anniversary in 1987. When the bridge operators approved the temporary closure to vehicles, they estimated 50,000 would attend. The actual number was estimated at peak, close to 800,000 had come, far more than could even fit on the bridge. You can find photos that show masses of people stretching back on to land, unable to reach the span. I attempted to cross the bridge - end to end. It was so crowded that after two hours, I only made it from the toll booths to mid span. The sag was visible. Could you imagine if the cables snapped, killing several hundred thousand? Even though the bridge held up fine, the bridge operators said they will NOT repeat such an event.

    • @PaschanTOPs
      @PaschanTOPs Год назад +276

      They will repeat it in 2037 for 100th anniversary of the bridge. You'll see.

    • @gregparrott
      @gregparrott Год назад +213

      @@PaschanTOPs My bet is that they won't. On many levels, the '87 celebration was too great a safety hazard. While I am unaware of any deaths, I did see a paramedic team try to take someone out on a stretcher. People did their best to get out of the way, but it was dismally slow. Bridge operators and the city of S.F. can't risk another 'open house' on the span. Maybe they'd close it for a televised parade - like the Thanksgiving Macy's parade down Fifth avenue. The center would be cordoned off to pedestrians, but a long stretch of the roadway beyond either side of the bridge is also closed to traffic. This enable all attendees yo view the parade.

    • @cosmosaviatoric
      @cosmosaviatoric Год назад +16

      Wow... Was there anybody frightened (if they realised) when the bridge was sagged?

    • @bodybuilderslave7125
      @bodybuilderslave7125 Год назад +40

      I was stuck in mid span for over an hour. I was terrified because not mentioned was the center span was swaying side to side. I think mass intelligence sensed that it would unsafe to institute a Wave as fans at sporting events did in their seats. I think the induced additional forces of the wave would have brought down the bridge. I had claustrophia

    • @bodybuilderslave7125
      @bodybuilderslave7125 Год назад +21

      Also not mentioned that about 6 months prior the concrete roadway was replace with steel plating to lighten the load and strain

  • @hyliedoobius5114
    @hyliedoobius5114 Год назад +2187

    Joseph Strauss was officially the Chief Engineer, based primarily on his long history of building drawbridges throughout the country. But for the GGB, Strauss had absolutely no involvement with its design. The suspension design was proposed by Leon Moisseiff, a Latvian immigrant who had been involved on other large suspension bridges in New York, and it was he who had the idea of an elegant suspension bridge. The real brains behind turning the concept into a well-designed structure, however, belongs entirely to Charles Ellis, a meticulous structural engineer who personally made all the static and dynamic load calculations, including solving some equations with 37 variables…all done without the benefit of computers. Strauss became so irritated with the attention Mr. Ellis was getting from the press and other engineers that Strauss canned him. It wasn’t until the 75th anniversary of the bridge’s completion in 2013 that a plaque was installed on the bridge to honor Charles Ellis as the true designer.

    • @InspektoraDeFrutas.
      @InspektoraDeFrutas. Год назад +120

      Wow, what do you know.
      Thanks for sharing the truth about this!

    • @goldwally1428
      @goldwally1428 Год назад +33

      care to share some links?

    • @ninja.saywhat
      @ninja.saywhat Год назад +269

      if this is true then this absolutely needs to be pinned. the uploader puts too much credit on the strauss guy throughout the video without mentioning the other chief minds behind this engineering marvel.

    • @palalala5253
      @palalala5253 Год назад +35

      Woah, i search it and its true, thanks for sharing it

    • @SamMonkulas
      @SamMonkulas Год назад +124

      In the history I have learned, its always TWISTED stories that are given importance, and the REAL people behind the projects like this are always hidden under carpet. Joseph S must be a wealthy guy with lots of influence, so his name will live forever while the Real Designer & Engineers will die unhonoured. This is bullshit world that we live in everyday - Thanks Hylie Doobius for honouring the Real people.

  • @billcook4768
    @billcook4768 11 месяцев назад +13

    Always fun to see computer animation of the bridge construction. Reminding us that the actual design and work was done in the 30’s

  • @Ronald-Butler
    @Ronald-Butler 18 часов назад

    Shout-out to the construction workers for risking their lives to make this project a reality

  • @nischalk1336
    @nischalk1336 Год назад +1929

    Whoah, Lesics would make anyone fall in love with physics. Brilliant production, perfectly explained. Free content can't get better than this.

    • @nerdy4172
      @nerdy4172 Год назад +25

      This is not physics. It’s engineering. You are in the wrong place.

    • @nischalk1336
      @nischalk1336 Год назад +84

      @@nerdy4172 it's engineering with an emphasis of physics. The channel's name literally is LESICS(Learn Engineering through Physics). So don't try to act smart lmao, and understand the point.

    • @navneetanand4503
      @navneetanand4503 Год назад +13

      @@nerdy4172 it's Learn Engineering through phySICS (LESICS)

    • @ArfatXeon
      @ArfatXeon Год назад +8

      @@nischalk1336 He is still right. This is engineering, not physics. Engineering merely uses physics, which is not the same as learning physics.

    • @nischalk1336
      @nischalk1336 Год назад +5

      @@ArfatXeon Point that out to the creator of this channel, not me. I'm merely representing what LESICS actually stands for.

  • @HotdogJuice
    @HotdogJuice Год назад +1352

    I'm very interested in the work of those divers. I just can't wrap my mind around doing construction in those underwater conditions. Amazing!

    • @dailyrevs1320
      @dailyrevs1320 Год назад +32

      Same here. I’m going to look for a video or picture of them now lol

    • @1rage17
      @1rage17 Год назад +60

      Sounds absolutely insane. I wanna know how many people died creating this bridge. If none, that’s an amazing feat or an amazing lie

    • @rahulkulk745
      @rahulkulk745 Год назад +1

      @@1rage17 did people really died?

    • @zarrex6808
      @zarrex6808 Год назад +95

      @@rahulkulk745 11 men died. Most old large scale construction jobs have fatal accidents.

    • @millerdlv541
      @millerdlv541 Год назад +9

      Seven died building the MGM grand in Las Vegas.

  • @michaeltodd2923
    @michaeltodd2923 Год назад +8

    Never cared about this kind of stuff but last year i rode my bicycle from Canada to Mexico and i remember crossing the GGB at around ten miles an hour and actually able to stop to admire it and not be moving with traffic, but it was one if the best parts of my trip.
    On the north side of the bridge is this cool little park where you can stand at the base of the supports and just really get to admire the whole thing.
    Super cool video thank you.

  • @patraic5241
    @patraic5241 Год назад +751

    Fun fact. The Golden Gate Bridge undergoes constant maintenance. There is a crew that works from one end of the bridge to the other. They repair and replace rusted out pieces and repaint as they go. This is a never ending loop. When they reach the end the crew goes back to the other side and begins the process all over again.

    • @pallin2198
      @pallin2198 Год назад +9

      Pretty cool

    • @floggyWM1
      @floggyWM1 Год назад +63

      you just explained pretty much every bridge in NYC

    • @joashbergman5477
      @joashbergman5477 Год назад +34

      Fun fact for you: Though the GGB has a longer span between main towers, the Mackinac Bridge sports a total length 3 times that of the GGB(5 miles long). I have crossed a few times. Every time there is a maintenance crew working on the bridge. What they do is they paint the bridge every year, starting on one side, ending the year on the other side.

    • @davidperry1116
      @davidperry1116 Год назад +26

      Job security

    • @axshman6914
      @axshman6914 Год назад +38

      Sounds like a steady job

  • @Vizal
    @Vizal Год назад +435

    It's astonishing how everyday things that surround you and that you normally don't think much about have such ingenious stories behind them!

  • @lamborghinijasiek
    @lamborghinijasiek Год назад +8

    It is so incredible that they were able to build this bridge with no modern technology. Huge respect for those people

    • @6z0
      @6z0 10 месяцев назад +1

      Oh they had technology lol. The Romans are the ones who built great structures without modern technology.

  • @GP-MeTube
    @GP-MeTube Год назад +25

    Great video presentation. They forgot to include the bridge road to be slightly arched, like an old arch bridge design. It may lessen the tension of the cables and reduce damage when the road deck steel expands. When the finger expansion has no more room for expansion, the steel road deck will push horizontally and may damage the two towers. When the road deck is slightly arched, it will just push up to lessen compression. The designers are very smart. It's a combination of an arch bridge and a suspension bridge.

    • @lawrence5039
      @lawrence5039 9 месяцев назад +2

      It's mainly to avoid 'slump' when the load is very heavy. It becomes level when maximum load is on it.......except when 300K people were on in. Slump of 6 meters is huge, but it didn't apparently crack! (I would LOVE to know the concrete mix and steel usage that held w/o cracks). Along with this bridge, the Empire State Building is on the list of top 7 (ASCE) civil engineering wonders of the world. The ESP was built, and open for business in just 14-1/2 months, during the depression, followed by W2....leaving the owners with no profit until early 1950's. (Retired, structural: bridges/dams/high rise bldgs) Slide Rules ROCK!!

    • @jeremysmith9694
      @jeremysmith9694 12 дней назад +1

      Also I wondered about wind. How did they factor that into the design?

    • @GP-MeTube
      @GP-MeTube 11 дней назад +1

      @@jeremysmith9694 The designer is smart. I know there's no wind tunnel that time to simulate the wind effect. Maybe I am wrong. The steel truss structure below the road prevents swaying when there’s a high wind. The wind easily passes through and less drag. Remember the Tacoma Narrow Bridge collapse due to high winds? When they rebuilt the bridge, it was almost the same as the Golden Gate Bridge truss (under the road) and less swaying during high wind. Sometime in 2021 when I was in San Francisco VA Hospital, I could hear a high pitch sound coming from the Golden Gate Bridge area. There was a high wind that day. When I passed the Golden Gate that same day, I could hear the bridge was screaming. I am positive the neighborhood is not happy. I heard when they fixed the railing sometime in 2020, they can hear the high pitch sound during high winds. I am not sure if they already fixed it.

  • @Matt33318
    @Matt33318 Год назад +691

    This man with his engineer colleagues designed this bridge without advanced CAD and simulation programs and computers. Using just pencils, papers and editing tools like rulers and drawing compasses. Today it is still standing there and get the job done, between those harsh environments.

    • @qbcd
      @qbcd Год назад +2

      I think he was disabled while he designed it

    • @harixav
      @harixav Год назад +24

      Even more amazing is humans reaching the moon using computers that were 100 times less powerful than your sixth gen iphone.

    • @onlyplaysveigar7241
      @onlyplaysveigar7241 Год назад +24

      @@harixav thousands of times less powerful

    • @ArbiSyarifudin
      @ArbiSyarifudin Год назад

      @@harixav moon landing the biggest hoax

    • @Nallah108
      @Nallah108 Год назад +19

      If he had used "advanced CAD and simulation programs and computers" the bridge would have collapsed already.

  • @DanO530.8
    @DanO530.8 Год назад +517

    He was a genius he didn’t have todays technology much respect to the designer and his family the Golden Gate Bridge is a wonder of our world

    • @fullbring1926
      @fullbring1926 Год назад +11

      Thinking of his imagination is on other level. 💪

    • @VesperTV_
      @VesperTV_ Год назад +11

      Was he ? We know from experience that such monumental project would have required teams of engineers. Not just one random smart dude...

    • @DanO530.8
      @DanO530.8 Год назад +12

      @@VesperTV_ you do have a point there but theirs always the main person ….like president ….like coach…..like superintendent….like mob boss….so on so on

    • @kassandraofodyssey6475
      @kassandraofodyssey6475 Год назад +20

      @@DanO530.8To put it simply, there’s always someone with a vision and a plan. The teams of workers are just the people constructing it. Not to undermine their efforts though they played a very big role in the Golden Gate’s construction.

    • @criticalthinker1123
      @criticalthinker1123 Год назад +2

      @@VesperTV_ *Team are like a herd of sheep, they need guidance*

  • @hrithikgeorge4751
    @hrithikgeorge4751 Год назад +9

    Each procedure is so interesting that I'd love to watch entire videos explaining each step further. It's a marvellous structure!

  • @derpjorge
    @derpjorge 28 дней назад +10

    No way this popped up on my recommendations after the Baltimore bridge incident 💀

    • @Claax4
      @Claax4 28 дней назад +1

      That was so random like I woke up and I checked my phone, I saw that and I was like bro I didn't know that I was awake at 1:30 am, I haven't gone to see the bridge but damn it's almost destroyed

  • @WachiravitSupasa
    @WachiravitSupasa Год назад +41

    8:46 Total Jump scare

    • @asvj
      @asvj Год назад +3

      I'm having an anxiety and heart attack when he drop that thing

    • @henrykaulroloz4557
      @henrykaulroloz4557 Год назад

      Lol

    • @Trx500Fa
      @Trx500Fa Год назад

      Dang, my heart dropped

  • @42meep13
    @42meep13 Год назад +104

    Additional facts:
    At the time of the Golden Gate Bridge's construction, no steelworks on the West Coast could produce components large enough to construct the towers, so they were shipped via the recently finished Panama Canal from the East Coast (New York specifically I belive)
    The Red color originally was to be a temporary coat to protect the bridge while a final color could be chosen (the navy suggested yellow/black stripes for visibility reasons) but it was stuck with as the locals were fond of it
    The Bridge was constructed with an unprecedented (for the time) emphasis on worker safety, to the point as far as I'm aware there was only one fatal accident during construction.

    • @officialnickname
      @officialnickname 11 месяцев назад +18

      Says on Wikipedia that apart from this one fatal accident, there was also a constructive part with 10 people on in, that fell into the net. The net didn't hold up, so all of them fell to their death. Still those 11 deaths were far below the 36 fatalities they estimated before construction.

    • @PHLEX_10
      @PHLEX_10 9 месяцев назад +8

      @@officialnickname Thank you for this info. I was wondering when the video would say how many people died in the process of construction. Idk, I think it's important to remember the fallen and their sacrifice to appreciate their success. 🙏

    • @Mcgovern124
      @Mcgovern124 7 месяцев назад

      Steel came from Bethlehem and transported to Philli where it was shipped to SF.

    • @neutonduarte3266
      @neutonduarte3266 5 месяцев назад

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    • @arizonacolour8793
      @arizonacolour8793 3 месяца назад

      11 of the 36 estimated is good, but I'm sure it wasn't any less significant to their families​@@officialnickname

  • @jacobLan
    @jacobLan Год назад +4

    I'm so honored to see this engineering introduce in this video. Thank you.

  • @Martin-qm2lg
    @Martin-qm2lg 28 дней назад +1

    A very enlightening education! Just incredible how brilliant these engineers are. They are the heroes that make our lives better, not pop stars or movie stars!

  • @Life_42
    @Life_42 Год назад +10

    9:08 the first bump was awesome!!!

  • @cpcattin
    @cpcattin Год назад +252

    My Grandfather (1890 - 1964) wrote a book on the engineering of the bridge contemporarily with its costruction. (1935). He was an engineer for the City of San Francisco. BTW. I don’t think they used roller compacted concrete. I inherited a small piece of one strand of the cable and splice from my mother. The Golden Gate Bridge will always be the standard for beautiful infrastructure. His book is still for sale at the gift shop.

    • @TheAlonso1813
      @TheAlonso1813 Год назад +5

      Roller compacted concrete?when it is wet We use big long vibrator (nothing sexual )thing say my boss that it is use to help the concrete compact it self and get rid of air boobles or something like that .

    • @TheAlonso1813
      @TheAlonso1813 Год назад +2

      BTW I like your comment, you’re lucky and sure to feel great to know that your family was part on that amazing bridge

    • @QueenCityHornets
      @QueenCityHornets Год назад

      @@TheAlonso1813 air boobles? Boobies?

    • @cadethenderson1
      @cadethenderson1 Год назад +3

      My research showed that RCC was not used on the deck. RCC is usually for unreinforced concrete. Good documentary video and narration. However, I think it should have mentioned the use of the catenary formula that was used and the involvements for Eng. Charles Ellis and that Strauss died the following year.

    • @bikeny
      @bikeny Год назад +7

      What's the title? I'd like to see if it's in my local library here in New York City.

  • @DrawingTechnical
    @DrawingTechnical 3 месяца назад +2

    So many engineering challenges solved with master level solutions, and on top of that a great animation to explain it all. Excellence!

  • @tonyeagles_yt4645
    @tonyeagles_yt4645 Год назад +2

    This is why I can't sleep because videos like this are so interesting and it 2:58 AM

  • @AllenLee1026
    @AllenLee1026 9 месяцев назад +3

    It turns out that the bridge was built like this, thanks for increasing my knowledge

  • @Xavierpng
    @Xavierpng Год назад +231

    Amazing! The wisdom knowledge and skill to get this done at that time (1930s) is beyond me!
    Thank you Lesics for always making these well animated and explained videos!

  • @manueldonohue3487
    @manueldonohue3487 5 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you so much for this animation I was a union ironworker local 86 Seattle Washington I'm 67 Now so seeing all of this just brings back memories I even got to work on the Golden Gate a small retrofit job froze my ass off on on the south end thanks for presentation

  • @jays2551
    @jays2551 Год назад +9

    this is becoming my favorite channel on yt. thank you guys so much for the work that you do! these videos are incredible and honestly so well-made that it's kinda shocking. please keep making these!

  • @jameshoffman552
    @jameshoffman552 Год назад +75

    13:40 The support wire runner-layer is amazing. You can't find people today to do that kind of work.

    • @ocamlmail
      @ocamlmail Год назад +6

      Why he should run?

    • @arinroday9087
      @arinroday9087 Год назад +4

      why can't I find people today ?

    • @fahad_hassan_92
      @fahad_hassan_92 Год назад +2

      lol

    • @luisgandster420
      @luisgandster420 Год назад +2

      Lol 😂 ikr !! Ppl it’s just a joke

    • @DeepKumar.
      @DeepKumar. Год назад +3

      @@ocamlmail coz of the slope, U can't really walk in those slopes if U have ever walked in these kinda slopes...

  • @Kittysniffles888
    @Kittysniffles888 20 дней назад

    I grew up in SF and loved seeing the bridge! I have crossed it many times but I never knew how it was built. So cool!

  • @koala9374
    @koala9374 27 дней назад +2

    Bridges videos are all the rage now.

  • @Absol27
    @Absol27 Год назад +12

    2:16 I love how Joseph is just like a good 300 feet tall. makes sense.

  • @islamicwhatsappstatusworld5736
    @islamicwhatsappstatusworld5736 Год назад +52

    The way he appreciates, credits and mentions the chief engineer, divers and even the cable workers proved the knowledge is nothing without discipline, execution, teaching and spreading them. He deserves an Oscar for such a animation film

  • @whooaaapppp
    @whooaaapppp 26 дней назад +3

    This will be the replacement for the Baltimore bridge

  • @xReisk
    @xReisk Год назад

    Subscribed. Im so happy that something inside of me snapped and decided to learn about stuff about the world, from ancient times to modern times, from old civilizations to modern structures also.
    You go to the points, good animation and visualizations! Thanks a lot for sharing!

  • @youboy9586
    @youboy9586 Год назад +99

    That is why i as civil engineer really fall in love with these kind of mega structures.
    Only those who worked on structures know how they built it. For normal people it is just bridge to connect with each other but for us it is more than that it is our emotions, our commitment and love to our country.

    • @harisali2229
      @harisali2229 Год назад +1

      indeed!!!

    • @wooshbait36
      @wooshbait36 Год назад +2

      I'm construction worker, much better and easier work than engineer

    • @mastermind5421
      @mastermind5421 Год назад

      @@wooshbait36 your not getting paid as much

    • @wooshbait36
      @wooshbait36 Год назад +3

      @@mastermind5421 False, depends at what exactly you do and in wich country. I get paid about equal with most engineers, I work more hours officially to be honest, but my friends that are engineers work a lot off the clock, even when they are home.
      Only disadvantage in my book is that my work is almost always in dusty environment and more physical

  • @SoumilSahu
    @SoumilSahu Год назад +210

    Maybe I'm biased, but I don't understand how people complain about the fact that we don't make beautiful monuments anymore. Building something like this bridge is a far more impressive and inspiring feat of the human species.

    • @paradoxica424
      @paradoxica424 Год назад +21

      infrastructure is a massive upfront investment with no immediate return. now consider neoliberal capitalism. the conclusion is left as an exercise for the reader.

    • @paradoxica424
      @paradoxica424 Год назад +5

      for example, the stuff of space sci-fi presented in kurzgesagt’s videos are possible. but who would pay for it?

    • @taylorjeffords1719
      @taylorjeffords1719 Год назад +4

      Square disposable structure is less math.

    • @dirkbecker2961
      @dirkbecker2961 Год назад

      @@paradoxica424 So it means when the Golden Gate bridge was built there was no capitalism in America? What then, socialism? Modern America can't build such structures because it had to admit that it needs white men to build. BLM and feminists won't do the work.

    • @paradoxica424
      @paradoxica424 Год назад

      lol intentionally conflating capitalism of a century ago with neoliberal capitalism. get fucked.

  • @memememe8569
    @memememe8569 4 месяца назад +2

    Just started learning framework of bridges in my school, and i was very curious on how bridges are made ever since then. This really helped me understand alot.

  • @praveenkrsahu6355
    @praveenkrsahu6355 13 дней назад

    This is the amazing video i have seen in a long time. And also hats off to the engineer behind the golden gate bridge "The Joseph Strauss"

  • @jcbrena
    @jcbrena Год назад +147

    The production of this video is awesome. Thank you for such a great explanation. This video should be on display for visitors of the bridge. I would have definitely appreciated the bridge even more if I’d seen this video.

  • @carlwilliams6977
    @carlwilliams6977 Год назад +209

    They give Strauss far too much credit here (a common mistake)! Strauss did come up with the concept of bridging the golden gate, and was its chief promoter, a herculean task in itself! However, he primarily designed cantilever bridges and did not have the engineering experience to create the suspension bridge that was built. Charles A. Ellis was the primary engineer.
    Also, they show the traffic flowing in the wrong direction on the bridge. Our steering wheels are on the left in San Francisco!😂
    Other than that, a very interesting video!

    • @geothermal
      @geothermal Год назад +6

      Yes, when I reached the 6:17 mark, I thought, "The cars are driving the wrong way!" (^: Digital effects might have been created in the UK or some other country where they drive on the left. If built today with polymers, it could be a cable-stayed bridge. But the people might revolt about that. Or they could make it with lighter materials and have the same design, but towers closer to the shore to save money. It costs a lot to maintain this bridge so they might replace it some day.

  • @aadityachaturvedi3937
    @aadityachaturvedi3937 Год назад +1

    My mind just can't absorb that finger expansion joint idea that that man had used!!!👌🏻

  • @Gizzy9987
    @Gizzy9987 14 дней назад

    Man this video is kinda sparking the engineering/math loving side of my brain that I let kinda die over recent years. Super super cool stuff. And it’s absolutely incredible that this even happened. Like imagine the SIZE of the team that there needs to be working on this. All with the same goal in mind, all working in tandem to create something bigger than themselves. Absolutely incredible

  • @xOpTii
    @xOpTii Год назад +111

    Okay okay, so now I fully understand why cisco went with that logo. What a phenomenal engineering!! Hands down the best looking and stunning bridge out there imo. 👏❤💯

    • @leyahsdad
      @leyahsdad Год назад +1

      I thought it was your mom's opinion

    • @princesspumpkinpanty
      @princesspumpkinpanty Год назад

      that thong tha thong thong thong

    • @criticalthinker1123
      @criticalthinker1123 Год назад +2

      @@leyahsdad *his mum brought him to this life, so the opinion cascaded to him*

    • @leyahsdad
      @leyahsdad Год назад +1

      @@criticalthinker1123 so he is lying than?

    • @criticalthinker1123
      @criticalthinker1123 Год назад

      @@leyahsdad what are you talking about?

  • @melinoess
    @melinoess Год назад +39

    my grandfather was an engineer for the port authority in New York City, and worked on many famous bridges here(the gw, throggs neck, Verrazano). videos like these make me appreciate the work he did here even more.

    • @J.C...
      @J.C... Год назад +2

      Mine was a steel worker, who built those sorts of things. He helped build most of the main buildings in his town, in central Louisiana. I miss him dearly 😞

    • @BillClay88
      @BillClay88 Год назад +1

      Have you seen the new addition to the Guggenheim? I did that. Yep, and it didn't take very long either.

    • @melinoess
      @melinoess Год назад

      @@J.C... ​ my grandfather also worked on the twin towers. he worked for the engineering firm that built the first 3 or 4 floors. he was a jewish immigrant from cuba whos dream it was to come here and build the bridges and skyscrapers he so greatly admired. he died last year, and i miss him dearly too.

    • @devinmoran59
      @devinmoran59 Год назад

      My grandfather built the pyramids

    • @silversurfer8208
      @silversurfer8208 Год назад

      @@J.C... liar

  • @manyyoumas
    @manyyoumas Месяц назад +1

    i love how my man mr strauss is over here with a confident smile on his face every time a concern is brought up ... "oh yeah, temperature changes? finger locks, already solved it."

  • @fusical5577
    @fusical5577 Год назад +2

    It's incredible what human beings are capable of. We must appreciate all the magnificent work people in the past have made for our pleasure

  • @T1Earn
    @T1Earn Год назад +6

    i want an explanation like this FOR EVERY SINGLE THING

  • @frankbauerful
    @frankbauerful Год назад +21

    Wow. I didn't know the bridge was such an impressive engineering feat. It deserves its place among the Wonders of the (modern) World. And they did all of this without computers.

  • @williamneuzil7403
    @williamneuzil7403 9 месяцев назад +1

    I love the pauses. It makes me feel like I'm watching adult Dora, and makes it apparent that I cannot actually answer any of these questions.

  • @clementbowen4425
    @clementbowen4425 Год назад +1

    Got the opportunity to see and cross the Golden Gate Bridge when I was in San Francisco some years back. It's was truly a sight to behold

  • @eddy-nd7nh
    @eddy-nd7nh Год назад +13

    0:32 idk why I found the guy running down the bridge so hilarious

    • @Brejdu
      @Brejdu Год назад +2

      Hes running like his life depends on it

    • @eddy-nd7nh
      @eddy-nd7nh Год назад

      @@Brejdu lmao seriously 🤣

    • @saltysalt844
      @saltysalt844 Год назад

      The next subway sufer

  • @Skateboardfreakist
    @Skateboardfreakist Год назад +9

    I wish there were videos like this when i studied engineering 5 years ago

    • @hmmm....1910
      @hmmm....1910 Год назад

      @pyropulse Everyone who watches these videos are not engineers. So it has to be simplified, right?

  • @melken291
    @melken291 Год назад +4

    5:30 I see what you did there.. very clever.

  • @aviastro2162
    @aviastro2162 9 месяцев назад +1

    My brain is overclocking rn....twas a crazy build🙌🏾

  • @phs125
    @phs125 Год назад +8

    Man the animation keeps getting better and better.
    Feels like I time travelled to the construction of the bridge...

  • @jitadhikary1619
    @jitadhikary1619 Год назад +126

    Being a civil engineer I really aspire to do such types of projects.

    • @allroundergaminga2z
      @allroundergaminga2z Год назад +1

      Bhai matt bana yaar plz hume hamre zindgi bhaut pyare hai 🤣

    • @maalikserebryakov
      @maalikserebryakov Год назад +1

      @@allroundergaminga2z
      bro, don’t build (it). Plz, my life is very precious to me
      I do not know what “hamre” means.

    • @akshalgondalia5489
      @akshalgondalia5489 Год назад

      which college bro ?

    • @drfate9110
      @drfate9110 Год назад

      @@maalikserebryakov "hamare" means "our" not "my"

    • @jayzayproductions5454
      @jayzayproductions5454 Год назад

      Stop being delusional you never will come close, go back to your legos bro

  • @EleyReiHer
    @EleyReiHer 3 месяца назад +1

    Not only that it is tough, the design is really elegant & looking contemporary up to this modern day. Iconic, forsure! Those are true masterbuilder 🎉

  • @Alex-ed8vj
    @Alex-ed8vj 8 месяцев назад

    Man, you are brilliant. One of the best RUclips channels. Not just my grandson (who loves everything engineering) enjoyed the video, but I also learned a LOT of interesting things.

  • @jayzswayz4897
    @jayzswayz4897 Год назад +37

    it wasn't just Joseph Strauss, there was a talented team of engineers and architects involved in this, give credit where it's due.

  • @ukrainium_92
    @ukrainium_92 Год назад +56

    Man, this is really impressive how they thought of all these problems to fix to build such a bridge

  • @blue98jettavr6t
    @blue98jettavr6t 29 дней назад +1

    This was great. So much better with the animations.

  • @krell2130
    @krell2130 6 месяцев назад

    Another great childrens education vid from Lesics!
    My 4 yr old loves these!

  • @subhampradhan10112
    @subhampradhan10112 Год назад +48

    I was always waiting for a civil Engineering video since I am a Civil Engineering student. Thankyou lesics for this. Joseph Baermann Strauss was a great Engineer. Respect to him 🙏.

    • @sayyamzahid7312
      @sayyamzahid7312 Год назад +1

      I live in Karachi Pakistan and I like your comment

    • @fearzstealth
      @fearzstealth Год назад +1

      @@sayyamzahid7312 i live in india and i like your comment

    • @contrawise
      @contrawise Год назад

      No - Strauss was not the actual engineer of this bridge. He has credit bestowed upon him that he does not deserve. Had it not been for the work of Charles Ellis, the bridge would have been nothing but a twinkle in Strauss's eye. Ellis did all the stress calculations, and made many engineering decisions that Strauss got credit for. Ellis was a distinguished mathematician and structural engineer; Professor of Engineering at the University of Illinois. Ellis Hall, on the Engineering campus, was named for him. There would be no bridge without his work.

    • @markmejia3840
      @markmejia3840 Год назад

      It was Charles Ellis who did this. Strauss is a glory hogger.

  • @JerseyAccent653
    @JerseyAccent653 Год назад +26

    I love this animation! Why better than B-roll of stock photos of the same thing over and over

    • @jake9854
      @jake9854 3 месяца назад

      but girls think this is borin n nerdy tho

    • @JerseyAccent653
      @JerseyAccent653 2 месяца назад

      @@jake9854 eff em

  • @bagboy8617
    @bagboy8617 Год назад

    Shoutout these workers ,they deserve more credit ,ppl drive on that bridge everyday and could care less about it

  • @jayvision7490
    @jayvision7490 Год назад +1

    I always wondered what was so special about a simple bridge, now I know. Thank you. I love learning random information.

  • @galactictone4764
    @galactictone4764 Год назад +42

    I really am appreciative of the work and effort of everyone who made that bridge. Also I appreciate the hard work it took to make this video as well. It was super informative and showcased everything perfectly.

  • @MySpace662
    @MySpace662 Год назад +49

    A well engineered vlog that I have seen on civil engineering. Thank You for sharing it.

  • @vanderlinde4you
    @vanderlinde4you Год назад

    I live in lisbon, and i am always stunned by the proces of building a simular bridge and what comes with it. It's amazing.

  • @Nefare1781
    @Nefare1781 Год назад

    All this back breaking engineering and mechanical work that took guts, blood sweat and tears, just to have the bridge be completely destroyed in every disaster movie to date.

  • @hammad6852
    @hammad6852 Год назад +79

    No doubt it is an engineering marvel. This makes me proud to be a Civil engineer student. This motivates me to study harder. While studying I just imagine that this 5 page numerical defines the lives of thousands of people who are going to use it.

  • @Lryuix
    @Lryuix Год назад +5

    This video is so remarkable. The pictures are on point as if youre looking to real picture of the golden gate, and it also answered some of my questions like how the laid the thick cables on the towers

  • @LimeArt09
    @LimeArt09 8 месяцев назад

    I've seen a short clip on Facebook, and now I'm here.
    Very interesting, hits the dopamine spot

  • @Baneslayer
    @Baneslayer Год назад +1

    Absolutely incredible and an underappreciated engineering marvel. I am impressed.

  • @Meghnaaad
    @Meghnaaad Год назад +5

    The foundation part is really intriguing. Its unbelievable what humans can achieve.

  • @Super_Pax
    @Super_Pax 3 месяца назад

    Really gives you a better appreciation for the massive amount of thought that goes into our infrastructure.

  • @georges7720
    @georges7720 17 дней назад

    Respect to all engineers and Construction workers

  • @shyamapadapatra5961
    @shyamapadapatra5961 Год назад +14

    You are amazing guy
    Please make a video about "Howrah Bridge"
    Howrah Bridge - longest cantelever bridge

    • @archstanton5973
      @archstanton5973 Год назад

      *howrah bridge is NOT 'longest 'cantelever' bridge' NOT EVEN CLOSE TO "longest" cantILEVER bridge.*

  • @mileswhite5515
    @mileswhite5515 Год назад +13

    How brave the people are when building the concrete base is crazy. When sailing small boats around the base, swells can get to where it’s like sailing up a hill.

    • @Teddokrato
      @Teddokrato Год назад

      Not a task for sensitive men
      True grit .

    • @gemini-mg6sc
      @gemini-mg6sc 8 месяцев назад

      Those men certainly had balls of steel.

  • @samessa3155
    @samessa3155 8 месяцев назад

    Amazing engineering. Thank you for your clever & clear video 🎉

  • @Alessandro1983
    @Alessandro1983 3 месяца назад

    Very thoroughly explained. Thanks for taking the time to create this content.

  • @BL3446
    @BL3446 Год назад +22

    9:20 You can learn this section at home by hanging heavy pictures or mirrors with picture wire. The weight of the load is always the same but the tension in the cable depends on how it is oriented. Vertical would be supporting the weight fully. But with added angle, only a portion of the tension is holding the vertical load weight.

  • @83jbbentley
    @83jbbentley Год назад +11

    It’s crazy to think about every movie it’s been destroyed in.
    The Golden Gate Bridge has been destroyed in the following films.
    It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955): Destroyed by a giant octopus.
    Battle in Outer Space (1959): Destroyed by a meteor from space.
    Superman (1978): Partially destroyed by an earthquake.
    The Core (2003): Destroyed by unfiltered solar radiation from the Sun.
    10.5 (2004): Destroyed by a major earthquake.
    X-Men: The Last Stand (2006): Destroyed and moved to Alcatraz by Magneto, one of X-Men's villains. Shown to be rebuilt at the end.
    Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus (2009): Destroyed by a giant monster attack.
    Monsters vs. Aliens (2009): During a battle with the probe, it topples over onto the span, resulting in the south tower's collapse.
    Meteor Storm (2010): Destroyed by a meteor shower.
    Pacific Rim (2013): Destroyed by a giant kaiju.
    Godzilla (2014): Destroyed by Godzilla after it cuts through the span.
    San Andreas (2015): A mega-tsunami carrying a cargo ship hits the bridge, causing it to collapse.
    Terminator Genisys (2015): Destroyed by a nuclear missile.
    Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017): Destroyed by a Sharknado worldwide.

    • @DoodieSmoothie
      @DoodieSmoothie Год назад +2

      Did you watch all these movies and took notes or did you remember it all?

    • @jayzayproductions5454
      @jayzayproductions5454 Год назад +9

      I know right, it’s insane that they were able to rebuild it so many times without error after all the movies they destroyed it for! Truly amazing

    • @wooshbait36
      @wooshbait36 Год назад

      @@jayzayproductions5454 Omg clown, it's just fake movies, they didn't actually destroy it so many times, I swear some people on here have the lowest IQ ever

    • @wooshbait36
      @wooshbait36 Год назад

      Most movies you mentioned are American, and Golden bridge is in China so how they destroy it?

    • @DoodieSmoothie
      @DoodieSmoothie Год назад

      @@wooshbait36 are you high?

  • @anthonyleyva
    @anthonyleyva Год назад +2

    This dude really dapped up Joseph Strauss.
    Legend.

  • @georgenjuguna799
    @georgenjuguna799 11 месяцев назад

    For the longest period I have been watching different RUclips videos in regards to the construction and this is best I have come across! I now understand

  • @drmacsika
    @drmacsika Год назад +41

    This might seem crazy but I actually cried appreciating the genius of human engineering. A lot really do go underappreciated!
    Your videos make me appreciate life a lot more.

  • @xtropy7439
    @xtropy7439 Год назад +9

    Engineering is interesting, interesting is engineering!
    Thanks for this amazing creation, not everyone is so fluent in making complex things seem easy!

  • @lharris9924
    @lharris9924 6 месяцев назад +1

    Ahhh.... always wanted to know HOW this bridge was built. I read some descriptions but as a non-engineer, need to see a visual representation. Especially the portion about laying the foundations and building the tower. Thank you!

  • @EdrickMasangkay
    @EdrickMasangkay Год назад +9

    Another interesting engineering tidbit involves the bridge's south anchorage. Upon site inspection, Strauss realized that the Civil War-era Fort Point stood on where he had planned to build the south anchorage for the suspension cables. Wanting to preserve the fort's architecture, he redesigned the south anchorage, incorporating an arch structure so that the bridge could pass over the fort, thereby preserving it. The redesign also moved the suspension anchorages further to the south.
    (Note: it's also been hinted that preserving the fort saved the Golden Gate Bridge district a ton of money. The bridge was being built on US Army property -- the Presidio to the south and Fort Baker to the north. As part of the agreement with the Army to build the bridge, the bridge district was required to compensate the Army for any property they had to demolish during construction. Needless to say, demolishing old Fort Point would have been quite costly for the project.)

  • @davidthecommenter
    @davidthecommenter Год назад +7

    2:21 me enabling creative mode on a world that i said i was going to beat the enderdragon on

  • @davisantos5672
    @davisantos5672 Год назад +3

    He's a genius and also protected the workers so well