@@christofferrasmussen6533 I repeat, the best one was "bridge it", search it on internet. You had a set of complex levels and free money levels in which you could set free your creativity, the graphics were really good for that time (because it was made in collaboration with nvidia). I made all kind of bridges or any kind of kinetic structures, from bridges that submerge under water when a ship pass or a huge wheel of fortune or any type of mechanic structure. The construction method and parts where also better than current bridge games. But as I said, I would have love a more general physics game, not just related to bridges.
@@AngelLestat2 I remember playing Phun and later Algodoo as a kid, but I imagine it's somewhat outdated as well. They also lack any goal or restrictions.
Brertt not for the level of load you would expect in his situation they aren't; at least asuming his house isn't a five story steel, brick and glass monstrosity. designing an arch that can bear a few thousand pounds is possible with nothing more than a rope and some rocks. People have been building arches using these techniques for more than a thousand years, sometimes without any maths involved at all. The romans never had any computer stress modeling or materials science to tell them how much load their substrates could bear, but the aqueducts are still standing today.
KingHalbatorix yea. Except his house can be small and it doesn’t change the calculations much over a big 5 story building. City planning will ask for the same calculations
First thing that came to my mind when I saw what the video was about. I was there a few years ago, and it was fascinating. (I've been telling/boring people about it ever since.)
@@iannoble8626 Well I haven't been in La Sagrada Família but yesterday I passed by the house where he was born. (I just needed to buy some rice and I had absolutely no intention to pass by, I just casually passed trough that street)
Digital computer: construct mesh of finite elements and perform series of calculations to approximate behavior of system. Analog computer: hang a chain and add weights.
The thing is, nature perform many complex computations in our place, why not profit instead of recreating an inefficient, complicated and unprecise model?
Sometimes, you find something that fascinates you. If you pursue it, you might just find that it is your passion. Who knows, you might just become an engineer!
As an civil engineer, I can say that this video was one of the most interesting and awesome one that I had watched for the last couple of years. I remembered the arches and cables were subject of one single unit in structural analysis book and we had learned they behaved just opposite. But, I did not remember so many fun fact about arches. This video was like a poem. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
No clue why this was suggested to me, but it was incredibly interesting, informative, and well explained. The parallel between arches and chains was NEVER something I would think of, but it's so perfect! I'll probably watch some more of these guy's videos after this.
I literally have a Master's degree in Structural Engineering, and though I have studied catenaries and arches, I had never heard of the chain test before. It simple, elegant, beautiful! Thank you for that!
I'm just stunned by the fact that this information is totally free to public! as an engineer (I'm software engineer) I always try to find educating books/videos on how things work. thank you so much for your work!
I've recently been in Barcelona and visited La Sagrada Familia and La Casa Milla. I saw the exact chain model that Antoni Gaudi used. It's a remarkable piece of engineering and creativity from his side! I loved this video so much more because of this, keep it up!
I used to take World Civilizations back in College and my professor briefly mentioned how the Romans were so proud about using them but he never explained why (or maybe he did but I wasn't paying attention). But I knew it was significant because during those times, much of their architecture was designed with arches. So I'm glad I found this video on RUclips and thank you for explaining it in a easy-to-understand way!
Absolutely amazing and clear demonstration, this is a masterclass on how to get the point across the most illuminating way possible, a lesson for every teacher.
The fact that there were people hundreds or even thousands of years ago who knew about this principle and used it in building is mind blowing to me. I wonder how much practical knowledge we could obtain just by looking at the past, and seeing how our ancestors solved problems.
I had a great education in Civil Engineering at Heriot Watt University but I can tell you that I Learned a lot via the models used in your videos. It seems so clear using chains but I never heard of that analogy before. What you are showing is that as soon as the arch blocks see eccentric loading then the joints try to go into tension and rapidly fail.
my brother is a civil engineer and he talked about these effects all the time and now I finally had a chance to give him back some of my knowledge on my own
I think this series is incredible and much needed. I had trouble understanding many of these concepts in architecture school, we could have used videos like these. Keep up the amazing work.
Wow this is so informative it should be recommended to every person on RUclips because I think even people who are not interested in engineering can enjoy and understand these.
That relationship to arches and chains was completely new to me. I love the way you presented the information and I learned quite a bit from this. Thank you
For my intro Calculus class, I *almost* did a project on catenary arches, but, for that level, we hadn't learned all of the necessary things. I got totally blown away by integration, and ended up changing my project to something convoluted.
At first i was like, this is a stupid video for kids but then after a short while i found it very informative and helpful, especially with the hanging chain examples. 9/10 for this video
With the simplicity and good examples i can't see many videos with this quality. For small chanel it is even harder to be refine as this. I am giving them 10 of 10 :)
As an aficionado of any Roman arch I’ve always been curious as to whether there ever could be a fast and simple gauge of any planned arch’s holding capacities..... AND THE CHAIN TEST IS THE WINNER!!! I don’t suppose that anyone knows where and when the chain test was “discovered”? Thanks again and please keep publishing this terrific series with any new material.
for some odd reason this was recomended to me, and for some odd reason i clicked on the video, and for some odd reason i watched the whole thing, and for some odd reason i really enjoyed it. Good vid!
I thought I was gonna learn about how chains are used in bridges and instead I got incredibly intuitive knowledge about something that seemed rather comöicated before. Very well done video, thanks!
OMG, I am glad RUclips suggested me your videos I am learning so much about physics from this wonderful explanations Greetings from Mexico Thank you and keep the great work you are doing
First time I come across this channel and I am really glad I did.. I've learned so much from this video and the video it self was made so well with great examples and no unnecessary time wasting ... thank you
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I've always been fascinated with the Bayonne bridge. Now I understand how it holds up the road way without collapsing. Thank you for this engineering lesson.
randomly surfing through videos on RUclips in the middle of the night because I could not get to sleep. 1 minute in I had to stumble to bed so I don't fall asleep at my desk. This was exactly what I needed *thumbs up*
The narrators voice perfectly spans the gap between interesting and relaxing.
For the longest time I wasn't sure if he was actually a text-to-speech programme
"spans the gap" lol
@@Cheyruz Is it???
If you play his voice backwards it perfectly fits the shape of a hanging chain.
Nice, now I can go back playing Polybridge
the best one was "bridge it", but now it is too old.
I would love a modern complete game in which physics and engineering would be the main topic.
dude, i was thinking playing the same thing, lol
@@AngelLestat2 Oh, you mean like, idunno, Poly Bridge? *smh*
@@christofferrasmussen6533 I repeat, the best one was "bridge it", search it on internet.
You had a set of complex levels and free money levels in which you could set free your creativity, the graphics were really good for that time (because it was made in collaboration with nvidia).
I made all kind of bridges or any kind of kinetic structures, from bridges that submerge under water when a ship pass or a huge wheel of fortune or any type of mechanic structure.
The construction method and parts where also better than current bridge games.
But as I said, I would have love a more general physics game, not just related to bridges.
@@AngelLestat2 I remember playing Phun and later Algodoo as a kid, but I imagine it's somewhat outdated as well. They also lack any goal or restrictions.
The upside down chain model is mind blowing to me. Now I have a much better idea how to design my house. Thank you. Real world implications.
Pretty sure arches are still kinda complicated if you plan on building it yourself
Brertt not for the level of load you would expect in his situation they aren't; at least asuming his house isn't a five story steel, brick and glass monstrosity. designing an arch that can bear a few thousand pounds is possible with nothing more than a rope and some rocks. People have been building arches using these techniques for more than a thousand years, sometimes without any maths involved at all. The romans never had any computer stress modeling or materials science to tell them how much load their substrates could bear, but the aqueducts are still standing today.
KingHalbatorix Trial and error.
Your designing your own house?
KingHalbatorix yea. Except his house can be small and it doesn’t change the calculations much over a big 5 story building. City planning will ask for the same calculations
The point about Gaudi's cathedral is incredible :O
First thing that came to my mind when I saw what the video was about. I was there a few years ago, and it was fascinating. (I've been telling/boring people about it ever since.)
If ther's one work of art in the entire world I want to see, it's Gaudi's Cathederal.
@@fins59 good luck. It is quite mindblowing
@@iannoble8626 Well I haven't been in La Sagrada Família but yesterday I passed by the house where he was born. (I just needed to buy some rice and I had absolutely no intention to pass by, I just casually passed trough that street)
i was amazed about the model he made, so awesome
This video deserves way more views
not really.
You r right😊😊
You r right😊😊
It does
it's worth GOLD
The few moments when RUclips recommendation algorithm actually works. I feel so lucky to have watched this video. Thank you for the amazing work!
Digital computer: construct mesh of finite elements and perform series of calculations to approximate behavior of system.
Analog computer: hang a chain and add weights.
The simple methods are often the best solutions.
Why does that first part sound familiar? Avengers endgame?
The thing is, nature perform many complex computations in our place, why not profit instead of recreating an inefficient, complicated and unprecise model?
Chain with weights just abuses the computer that runs our simulation. It is always better than our hand-made artificial weak computers!
They constructed those complicated structures without computer
Why am I watching this?
But more importantly
*Why am I enjoying this?*
because it's pretty interesting material that can teach you something didn't know before? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sometimes, you find something that fascinates you. If you pursue it, you might just find that it is your passion. Who knows, you might just become an engineer!
Because you're an engineer my darling!
It’s somewhat interesting, the speakers voice is soothing, and you’re bored (guessing the last one)
also why on earth did i choose this video in particular ?
Amazing visualization and explanation! Very impressed by the clarity and flow of information.
Very underrated channel, differently deserves more views
a channel needs time to obtain subscribers and views. This is a new channel, so if they keep doing videos they would receive the views they deserve.
As an civil engineer, I can say that this video was one of the most interesting and awesome one that I had watched for the last couple of years. I remembered the arches and cables were subject of one single unit in structural analysis book and we had learned they behaved just opposite. But, I did not remember so many fun fact about arches. This video was like a poem. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
No clue why this was suggested to me, but it was incredibly interesting, informative, and well explained.
The parallel between arches and chains was NEVER something I would think of, but it's so perfect!
I'll probably watch some more of these guy's videos after this.
I know almost nothing about architecture, but I genuinely enjoy this.
Pretty sure architecture is the design and the engineering makes it work
Architects are those who gives engineers headaches 👊😎
I literally have a Master's degree in Structural Engineering, and though I have studied catenaries and arches, I had never heard of the chain test before. It simple, elegant, beautiful! Thank you for that!
one of the most interesting videos of the whole RUclips! thanks to the authors of the video!
I'm just stunned by the fact that this information is totally free to public! as an engineer (I'm software engineer) I always try to find educating books/videos on how things work. thank you so much for your work!
RUclips: "wanna know about chains?"
Me: ....sure
The RUclips algorithm gods determine our momentary obsessions now, it seems.
I've recently been in Barcelona and visited La Sagrada Familia and La Casa Milla. I saw the exact chain model that Antoni Gaudi used. It's a remarkable piece of engineering and creativity from his side! I loved this video so much more because of this, keep it up!
That's a once in 5 year video that blows your mind with how interesting it is!
What a beautifully simple video. It takes a deep understanding to explain something so clearly. Thank you!
These videos are pure gold, and it shows that they were made with passion. Thanks for your work.
Thank you! And, yes, they were done with passion, much of that deriving from the wonderful students I taught over the years.
Absolutely amazing! That part when you rotated the asymmetric hanging arch and added the weights was mind blowing.
I used to take World Civilizations back in College and my professor briefly mentioned how the Romans were so proud about using them but he never explained why (or maybe he did but I wasn't paying attention). But I knew it was significant because during those times, much of their architecture was designed with arches. So I'm glad I found this video on RUclips and thank you for explaining it in a easy-to-understand way!
Absolutely amazing and clear demonstration, this is a masterclass on how to get the point across the most illuminating way possible, a lesson for every teacher.
The fact that there were people hundreds or even thousands of years ago who knew about this principle and used it in building is mind blowing to me. I wonder how much practical knowledge we could obtain just by looking at the past, and seeing how our ancestors solved problems.
Honestly, as an engineer I think this is genius. Very well explained. Never heard of the comparison with the chain as the opposite tension system.
4:40
When I saw a side to side comparison I suddenly understood how the light bulb in the head feels like
Got introduced to these series because of my assignment regarding Gothic architecture. Glad I stayed
I had a great education in Civil Engineering at Heriot Watt University but I can tell you that I Learned a lot via the models used in your videos. It seems so clear using chains but I never heard of that analogy before. What you are showing is that as soon as the arch blocks see eccentric loading then the joints try to go into tension and rapidly fail.
my brother is a civil engineer and he talked about these effects all the time and now I finally had a chance to give him back some of my knowledge on my own
This is pure gold. Definitely needs to be on youtube frontpage
I think this series is incredible and much needed. I had trouble understanding many of these concepts in architecture school, we could have used videos like these. Keep up the amazing work.
Wow this is so informative it should be recommended to every person on RUclips because I think even people who are not interested in engineering can enjoy and understand these.
Really awesome channel that shows what we have studied in textbooks.
Big thanks to all who worked on these videos
Thank you! Very eye-opening. Sat here and kept saying 'Wow' to myself throughout the whole video :P
This channel should have atleast a million subscribers.
This video definitely deserves more views.
I can barely describe the amount of joy I got from watching. Thank you so much ❤
I am a civil engineer and found it Beautiful...in other word awesome....totally loved it... Thanks very much
What a brilliant video. I never in my life would of made a link between chains and arches but there you go
That relationship to arches and chains was completely new to me. I love the way you presented the information and I learned quite a bit from this. Thank you
For my intro Calculus class, I *almost* did a project on catenary arches, but, for that level, we hadn't learned all of the necessary things. I got totally blown away by integration, and ended up changing my project to something convoluted.
I did not realize how similar yet remarkably different arches and chains were. This is an incredible video, and it is very well made.
this was the best video I've ever seen
That was some REALLY old-school presentation style. I'm not complaining, though. It makes me a little nostalgic, and the video was very informative.
At first i was like, this is a stupid video for kids but then after a short while i found it very informative and helpful, especially with the hanging chain examples.
9/10 for this video
With the simplicity and good examples i can't see many videos with this quality. For small chanel it is even harder to be refine as this. I am giving them 10 of 10 :)
I always loved going under the Natchez Trace bridge on the way to Nashville! Thanks for bringing up a delightful memory!
Half a century and I am still finding basic things I new nothing about. This is an excellent video: Very clear and easy to follow. Many thanks.
That was awesome! Well done, fun to watch and informative.
Something of so complex application and use, explained in a so simple and understandable way. Absolutely fantastic!!!! Greetings from Paraguay!
I will never look at the world the same. Thank you!
whoa that upside down chain to right-side up arch is super cool! And that model for the basilica is beautiful, I really want to see that in person now
It's fun seeing these models and being like "Yeah, that just feels right"
Such an elegant description... Thanks for the great lecture and the visual aids.
It's just me or recommendations are gets better?
great series btw, looking forward to watch all of it
I was interested to find out about how ancient arches were created and I’m really glad I came across this! Thank you!
As an aficionado of any Roman arch I’ve always been curious as to whether there ever could be a fast and simple gauge of any planned arch’s holding capacities..... AND THE CHAIN TEST IS THE WINNER!!! I don’t suppose that anyone knows where and when the chain test was “discovered”?
Thanks again and please keep publishing this terrific series with any new material.
A friend and I are making a cob roundhouse and this knowledge will be very useful to us! great video.
the channel is so informative and well made, also thanks the youtube recommendations brought me here
for some odd reason this was recomended to me, and for some odd reason i clicked on the video, and for some odd reason i watched the whole thing, and for some odd reason i really enjoyed it. Good vid!
Very interesting topic! I'm trying to learn how to build a dry stone arch, so this is just gold.
Amazing presentation!
If they only had this video on Bridge Constructor, I would’ve finished the game in half the time. 😂 This channel is so underrated. Subscribed!
It never ceases to amaze how brilliant and smart some humans are
im so happy i found this gem, was doing research for my upcoming presentation on the basics of bridge building, thanks alot
Perfect for our homeschool unit on the architecture of ancient Rome! Thanks so much!
I thought I was gonna learn about how chains are used in bridges and instead I got incredibly intuitive knowledge about something that seemed rather comöicated before. Very well done video, thanks!
I'm so happy I found this video, and even more delighted that this was made in Waterloo.
The chain test is now something I have committed to memory and will try to never forget.
Always nice to see my university funding videos of this high quality.
Thank you sir, for both teaching by using the common vocabulary words and simply explain the important point.
That's the basics?? Great video, very well explained.
Amazingly concise and comprehensive videos props to you guys
That was way more interesting than I thought it would be!
OMG, I am glad RUclips suggested me your videos
I am learning so much about physics from this wonderful explanations
Greetings from Mexico
Thank you and keep the great work you are doing
This is a great explanation of how arches work... Thank you!
Thank you for recommending this video to me, youtube algorithm.
Woah, uamee! Hey there!
First time I come across this channel and I am really glad I did.. I've learned so much from this video and the video it self was made so well with great examples and no unnecessary time wasting ... thank you
Thanks for sharing for free. Well explained and illustrated.
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Thanks for the video.
Just subscribed. Love the way how the channel builds the models to explain the concepts!
Best explanation ever .!!! Thank you for this great insightful video !!!
Never too late to learn something new. Thanks!
I've always been fascinated with the Bayonne bridge. Now I understand how it holds up the road way without collapsing. Thank you for this engineering lesson.
Hope you can make another video about pointed arches used in the Gothic cathedrals.
YM C they have! It’s no. 5 in their playlist
@@aneeshgupta2968 Yes, I've watched that video. It introduces buttresses and flying buttresses, but not pointed arches. But thank you all the same.
You made my day. You deserve respect.
Excellent and thorough explanation! Thank you very much
one of the best videos i watched this week!
I like these videos because they are about the practical nature rather than a bunch of maths.
Wow! Very informative. The practical demonstration made it even easier to understand
Thanks for the chain demo, and making this so easy to understand.
Excellent videos sir....love from India❤️
Really easy to understand, thank you for the vid. I never new I wanted to know this much about arches, chains, and bridges. Fascinating!
This how someone should teach. Great work. Love explanation....
High quality 4k video! Great job!
Didn’t learn so much in 3 years of my architecture. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
wow, this is such a good video. Great demonstration and clear explanation
randomly surfing through videos on RUclips in the middle of the night because I could not get to sleep. 1 minute in I had to stumble to bed so I don't fall asleep at my desk.
This was exactly what I needed *thumbs up*
Holy.. This is so informative and blew my mind ! got even goosebumps out of it lol. I can't recommend this video enough
it is incredible how much i enjoyed this and how much i will not use the knowledge in this amazing film.
I am blown away by the presentation and I learned something I always wondered about! Thanks!