The Physics Behind The Burj Khalifa And Why It Doesn't Fall Over | Richard Hammond's Big
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- Опубликовано: 7 янв 2025
- Richard Hammond investigates how the worlds tallest building manages to stay standing despite having foundations made of sands and being battered by powerful winds.
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This was short, crisp, informative and to the point. I love it.
Just like Richard Hammond
Crisp, and sharp
@@minorearthmajorsky1476 the wise words of jezza
@@captainmormon8289 modern lorry drivers
Short just like Hammond
Hammond is so good at these shows. The writing and delivery are always perfect.
IKR
Sometimes his genius... oh wait, wrong guy
This guy should do a tv show about super cars
Especially be around Rimac!!
Hey, that’s actually very funny, because he have, actually he made two. Top gear and the grand tour.
Either this is double sarcasm or its a /whooosh moment
@@lucashansen9898 Don’t really care if you’re being sarcastic but...
r/whooooosh
@@pr0jv it was, I made a bad joke out of a even worse joke
Never before has someone so small stood next to something so tall
what about when he stands next to clarkson
😶
I can hear clarkson saying that
I know this is a joke, but if anyone's curious, search up the world's shortest man next to the world's tallest man. It's genuinely such a weird picture.
@@mokonono5903 his arm is as long as the other guys hand wtf
These physics are something we need to admire.
LeMao ZeBron your comment is stupid and makes me laugh thank you
The physics, yes. The reasoning behind building stuff like this, not so much
@@yodaguy6956 i would have agreed with you if you didn't have double standards, how come when other countries do it, it's considered amazing or beautiful, but when Arabs do it there's always so much hate?
my physics teacher could'nt have explained like this in the whole semester
bcs ur teacher doesn't have any buggy
Maybe he could, but you never understood him(:
@@f16krom are u a physics teacher 😅😅lol
@@ibrahim-sf9od he’s making a good point.
@@ihavenoname4851 u must be physics teacher then!!?? 😂
This is a part James May would normally do
Wut mate? Hamster has been hosting popular science productions for literally decades.
And then say
Hmmm...
I think its rather interesting how the concrete mixture in the Burj is .....
@Black Dad i agree, I would like to change my answer 🤚
@Black Dad although May is very technical, hence my comment
@LeMao ZeBron No you're buying into the marketing that these guys purport. I think James especially is wrongly percieved. He just knows a lot of argubaly useless stuff. He isn't this super smart guy, and actually hes rather close minded and cliche.
Probably on of the most difficult concepts explained in the most simple understandable and entertaining way!
wow you have no idea how complicated some concepts are
Definitely not one of the most difficult
So no one is going to talk about how the structure engineer is just chilling while Hammond is worried
@@andyelliott8027 bro wtf ??
I wish Richard was my Physics teacher. This was incredibly informative and done in just 10 mins.
Hammond can do anything and I would watch it
Very interesting! I never would have thought the friction of those two phone books, Inter-leafed together would create that much friction. The Burj Khalifa is a marvel of modern engineering. For most of us we see an extremely tall building and are impressed but there is so much more to it then that.
Im so excited to spend the rest of my life watching hammond talk about literally every subject
This is the type of things I like to see on RUclips. Not throwaway TikTok dances and cringey staged 'pranks'
@JP I do you muppet, RUclips shorts and recommendations are full of the shite I was talking about. Stop trying to be a smart arse.
@@Jellow128 always hated the know it alls in the replies
@@Jellow128 Then just ignore it and watch these kind of things. Not that deep buddy.
"But mom, I don't want to go to the swings, there's this weird bearded kid creepin me out"
It's incredible how much effort he puts into each word
Legend say the books are still stuck together somewhere in the desert.
That friction example was awsome!
Excellent presentation, technical terms with easy to understand explanations for the non-engineer crowd.
1:54
"No"
"Problem"
Gotta love Richard Hammond
The trio doesn’t need to be making car programmes to stay relevant as ever.
programme
*brittish af*
They’re definitely more relevant than commenting on RUclips mate.
"Confusing the wind"... Self-dampening by design and so simple. Love it!
Absolutely fascinating. Who doesn't love a little bit of science from a little person?
i don't know how hammond makes everything interesting but somehow he manages it!
He can make horseshit interesting.
Literally.
Look it up.
Wow, Physics is Incredible & beautiful! I don't think It could be explained any better!
Normal people : thunder
0:59
Hammond: eLeCTriC sToRm
Is lightning not an option
Wow, amazingly well illustrated.
2:56
"Yes"
**Cut**
Editor ain't got no time for that explainin he was bout to do
*yos*
@@thehammurabichode7994 harrrraammuubi
Absolutely fascinating and explained to me like a 5 year old, which I basically am.
Will have to check out the full show!
Brilliant! Thank you so much for educating me tonight. Great video. That engineer was so smart who designed it.
I went there for work and was very impressed. Cool place to visit.
Hammond on a swing is super wholesome and I love it
I never knew that friction on books can be inseparable even with more than 100 horsepower each buggie is just amazing
I wish I had a science teacher like Mr Hammond
Outstanding video. Well done.
(3:30) Telephone books were the "Google Contact" of the last century. LOL! 😂😂😂
Today I learned how short Hammond really is, he still fits on a child’s swing.
When I was growing up on the Gold Coast, Australia, the Q1 was being built, we were told that it was an experimental building for a bigger builder which was going to happen in our “sister city” Dubai. We had lots and lots of UAE expats here prior to the build and during, once completed, they packed up and went home. Many of them took their Holden VT and VE SS commodores. I caught up with a few of them every time I was in Dubai. But yeah, not sure how true the story about the Q1 is but that’s what we were told.
watched the first video from this channel. Instantly subscribed!!
You, Sir! have just gained another subscriber.
I am enjoying your videos.
This was actually so cool and informative
The confusion of wind has sooooo much to do with it's sustainability too these guys are great
Understood , how to anchor vehicles with books.
Going to buy some books now
This was awesome to watch.
Hammond needs to bring back Braniac, im need a refresher on which fruit floats or sinks, that lady with the lovely basket fruit was a great teacher
Very cool! Learned something new today. Thanks Richard. 👍
Enjoyed this documentary a lot, very clear
Clarkson will be like: World's shortest man next to a toothpick
Very Informative.. liked it!
this is the tallest building pause...... in the world
I can imagine Clarkson saying that! 😂
Hammond you hudeiout
Absolutely fascinating!! Loved this vid and love Dubai!
Wow what an amazing experiment, had no idea friction was such a powerful force!
Hammond May and Clarkson have the best voices in the world.
Because they are British
Angel Gabriel once asked the Prophet of Allah ‘Inform me of the signs of Qiyamah’. (Day of Resurrection)
In response, The Prophet of Allah said:
“…And you will see *barefoot naked poor* shepherds/Bedouins *vying* with one another in the construction of buildings…”
(Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 1)
Imam Nawawi (renowned jurist and hadith scholar) explains:
“The poor people of the Deserts will *suddenly* become wealthy and begin *boasting* about their buildings”
This video just makes this narration of The Prophet of Allah hit so much deeper and highlights the *boastfulness* of the folk who set up these sky scraper type structures.
Not to mention that this was a narration by a man who neither could read or write at the time of his prophethood. Born in the belly of the Arabian desert. Known by the nicknames “The Truthful”, “The Trustworthy” by the local people years before his prophethood even started. Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.
There’s not a human on earth who can deny the accuracy of the above narration. Not one. Truth speaks for itself ♥️
Beautifully explained !
That book experiment: UNBELIEVABLE! 🤨
I remember the construction of this structure as a kid, didn't knew it had so much pressure on it!
Hammond, you blithering genius!
Short but easy to understand explaination!
Very simple explanation thx for sharing
Amazing.2 books holding each other with so much power
I am at the same time fascinated and stunned by the ingenuity, planning, engineering and brain power that came together to create this marvel of engineering and appalled that all this energy went in to a vanity project in a doomed city in the middle of the desert, which in itself is also baiscally a dysfunctional vanity project without even so much a a functioning waste management system.
I just did the friction test with my kid with two of his notebooks. Great stuff.
One Word. Incredible
This is incredibly incredible
I really really like this video, learned something really cool.
very informative,n to the point
Really interesting video! Thanks!
5:17 I believe that demonstration was included in presentation for investors
We loved it in #dubai 🇦🇪 what an amazing experience #burjkhalifatower and the #burjalarab 👍😎
As someone who regularly works at heights, the thought of being near the top of that building makes me want to faint.
All i can say is wow!
Awesome video .
The base of the Burj Khalifa is similar to the base of the CN tower in Toronto that was built in the 70s🇨🇦
The physics of transporting faeces in trucks is indeed very fascinating.
this man is perect for a tv show for supercars and be next with a rimac! would be a great review for a rimac
Science is amazing , physics is beautiful ♥♥♥
loved this
And there is Ducktape ... Ducktape holds the world together
Duct tape
Okay... THAT was fascinating.
Dubai really got bored and entered Creative mode.
@LeMao ZeBron
Designed and engineered by the Americans and manufactured by the Koreans.
HAMMOND!!! Can't believe I didn't know this existed!
9:13 cant imagine what the kids in the playground must be thinking what is this middle aged man doing on the swings 😂
Has this been posted before! I feel like I've watched it already.
This is unreasonably interesting
Excellent sir
Great video. Richard could you do a video on the leaning tower of Pisa?
This is amazing 😍👍🏼👍🏼
Should've seen those fountains during the 40th anniversary celebrations back in 2011 it was fascinating.
TO SHOW YOU THE POWER OF FRICTION, I SAWED THIS BOAT IN HALF!!!
This was actually super informative. Hammonds starting to get a belly though.
The Discovery Channel in Canada had (years ago) a show called Frontiers of Construction, and they ran a two part program of the building of the Burge Dubai which was the closest I was ever going to get to it.
Imagine they’d use the same ingenuity, energy and money to make their country better for majority of people instead of few rich people and foreigner visitors…
This building is perfect in other words 😄👍
Fantastic video 👍🏻
Loved this
Very informative
Great video, interesting
"and when we could still think" ahahahaha phonebooks scene
Great. Iam impressed