How Did Engineers Fix London's Wobbly Millennium Bridge? | Massive Engineering Mistakes

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  • Опубликовано: 21 окт 2020
  • When The Millennium Bridge in London was launched in 2000, the engineers' main purpose was to create an innovative piece of design to celebrate the new millennium. However, after two days after its opening, the bridge had to be closed. The problem? It started to swing dramatically putting people's lives in danger.
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  • @X94Caz
    @X94Caz 8 месяцев назад +10

    A wise man learns from his mistakes but a wiser man learns from others

  • @fabledcario
    @fabledcario 3 года назад +64

    When you study engineering online during covid:

  • @MagnetOnlyMotors
    @MagnetOnlyMotors 3 года назад +14

    6:30 And then the people sway to counteract the sway and everyone starts to over sway.. That’s just the sway it is mate!
    8:12 simple, effective and logical.

  • @nodnodwinkwinkV
    @nodnodwinkwinkV 3 года назад +10

    Skip the faff and go to 7:50 for the fix.

    • @nnnnnn3647
      @nnnnnn3647 2 года назад +1

      Of course, the movie had to feature a few black men and women who had nothing to do with build - just to eliminate white men.

    • @DonaldDucksRevenge
      @DonaldDucksRevenge 3 месяца назад +1

      Thanks

  • @arty4252
    @arty4252 3 года назад +20

    They had to fix it in the first place because the Death Eaters destroyed it

  • @kummer45
    @kummer45 3 года назад +8

    From mistakes we understand greater truth.

  • @maximme
    @maximme 2 года назад +1

    so courageous of Roger to come on camera !!

  • @DJGillman
    @DJGillman 3 года назад +40

    If only our government was as stable as this bridge is now.

  • @corwinbrown9410
    @corwinbrown9410 3 года назад +13

    I love how at 5:35 she's holding a left handed guitar in a right handed position lol

    • @alexchannel3187
      @alexchannel3187 3 года назад +12

      Allow it mate, she just wanted to demonstrate a point, not playing it.

    • @corwinbrown9410
      @corwinbrown9410 3 года назад +12

      @@alexchannel3187 I'm just baffled as to how they ended up only having a left handed guitar to do that shoot, surely someone there noticed, and as we know leftie guitars are a lot less common. It must have been an odd series of events that led to getting that guitar for that shot.

    • @_bloodshape_6103
      @_bloodshape_6103 3 года назад +3

      And is out of tune

    • @EmpyreanLightASMR
      @EmpyreanLightASMR 2 года назад

      They should've had her break out into Under the Bridge

  • @noka1979
    @noka1979 3 года назад

    Very interesting

  • @heavymetalbassist5
    @heavymetalbassist5 3 года назад +2

    Charleston needs one over the Cooper on the south side of the current bridge

  • @transientmatter6088
    @transientmatter6088 3 года назад +5

    Most of this engineers studied civil engineering postal course

  • @rogerscottcathey
    @rogerscottcathey 3 года назад +7

    Tuned mass dampers are fascinating components.

    • @mnshp7548
      @mnshp7548 3 года назад +1

      one in an earthquake actually moving is insane

    • @Cloudrak
      @Cloudrak 3 года назад +1

      They were even used in F1 cars...
      before they got banned

  • @joselleamorquinal4484
    @joselleamorquinal4484 3 года назад +15

    i came from crash course with the woman

    • @soppoi123
      @soppoi123 2 года назад

      Which one? There are two women in the video.

  • @boneyboney3575
    @boneyboney3575 3 года назад +7

    Designed not to ruin the view of the Thames 😅

  • @FitzChivalryFarseer2
    @FitzChivalryFarseer2 3 года назад +2

    "All troops must break step" would be awesome to have fucking everywhere instead of them bridges cause the entire marching in step thing is a damn chore

  • @TobyAnderson
    @TobyAnderson 5 месяцев назад +1

    I imagine they were really pissed they didn't do a rented crowd test before the opening.

  • @ahmedmusa517
    @ahmedmusa517 4 месяца назад

    can not believe experienced engineers do such a stupid mistake,

  • @radicalpotato666
    @radicalpotato666 2 года назад

    I came here to understand the concept of systematic risk in finance. This is such a resemblance.

  • @Iceflkn
    @Iceflkn Год назад

    I wonder if a cruise ships dampening system, that reacts to cancel out sway, could be used to eliminate bridge sway issues? Water tanks on either side of a section of bridge could work passively or actively.
    We'd need to treat the bridge as if it had several sections with a dampening system for each one. Perhaps all the tanks could be linked together so the water weight is shared and could be redistributed as needed?
    The presence of water ballast tanks on a bridge section would already provide some dampening of vibration as it would simply be absorbed by the water inside the tanks. But once sway was introduced the water would resist that sway while an active gyroscopic system could respond faster and more precisely.

  • @olgaj9267
    @olgaj9267 3 года назад +2

    Some people also need dampers to absorb their negative energy and vibrations. Hint-hint for someone looking for a start-up idea :)

  • @mihaidanila5584
    @mihaidanila5584 Год назад +1

    The sway had the potential to get you even better views of the Thames, right from the water. Just sayin'.

  • @DaveNeve
    @DaveNeve 11 месяцев назад

    How to put a positive spin on a major design error.

  • @Xighor
    @Xighor 3 года назад +21

    This is what happens when you focus more on "Modern Design" over practicality

    • @radicalpotato666
      @radicalpotato666 2 года назад +2

      Lol, what about that's a new learning! And it looks so smart and it's damn practical.

    • @castorchua
      @castorchua 8 месяцев назад

      @@radicalpotato666 It looks shit... suits London though

  • @JonsTunes
    @JonsTunes 3 года назад +4

    Blame it on the Death Eaters from Harry Potter!

    • @EmpyreanLightASMR
      @EmpyreanLightASMR 2 года назад

      It's been a long time and several comments make this reference. What did the DE do to a bridge?

  • @cemx86
    @cemx86 11 месяцев назад

    They only named one of the people on the video. Who are the others?

  • @mrofnocnon
    @mrofnocnon 3 года назад +1

    Probably by the same engineers going back to school!

  • @staspetryshyn
    @staspetryshyn Год назад +2

    London Bridge is down

  • @justdl
    @justdl 3 года назад +10

    Why are there still hundreds of people walking on the bridge when it was swaying, if i saw a bridge swaying that much i wouldnt get on it.

    • @Jonathan_Doe_
      @Jonathan_Doe_ 2 года назад +2

      You seen the cost of living in London? They were gambling on surviving the collapse and getting a nice compensation claim in 😂

    • @castorchua
      @castorchua 8 месяцев назад

      @@Jonathan_Doe_ If I lived in London, I'd be a Lemming too

  • @mikewshade6981
    @mikewshade6981 3 года назад

    5:35 the guitar is upside down......

  • @wtroupe64wt
    @wtroupe64wt 3 года назад +1

    The death eaters knocked it down

  • @barcalona55
    @barcalona55 Год назад

    This the bridge from Black Mirror?

  • @yuko6794
    @yuko6794 2 года назад +1

    when it starts to sway and the people are also swaying with it is just.. bro it's just dumb.. please, humans, THINK.

  • @genesisruvielleduran7660
    @genesisruvielleduran7660 3 года назад +1

    BSABE 1-A MOMA

  • @kopde
    @kopde 3 года назад +1

    Simple solution that costed £5m..

  • @kimscott7091
    @kimscott7091 10 месяцев назад

    Tacoma Narrows Bridge

  • @cyclist3969
    @cyclist3969 2 года назад +8

    The Structure was "Styled" before it was engineered, first and foremost you engineer a structure, engineer from first principles, (you cannot beat the Laws of Physics), then you let the "Stylists" loose on the structure, or better still , tell them to keep their sticky little fingers off the creation of an Engineer.

  • @brodierip
    @brodierip 2 года назад

    This is what Melbourne was doing today

  • @romuald225
    @romuald225 Год назад +1

    Bridge engineers are paid peanuts comparing to their European colleagues for their hard work and getting extensive education. The throat cutting bidding processes force the wages down and this does not encourage the brightest young minds to enter this field. Therefore, UK bridges are being designed by average (and few brilliant passionate) engineers. Unfortunately, I anticipate more serious problems in the future.

  • @rogueuniversities6866
    @rogueuniversities6866 2 года назад +3

    British: Spot major problem with bridge, close it for a year and a half, only reopen it after a solution has been found and properly tested with thousands of people.
    Chinese: Spot potential problem with bridge, ignore it, see potential problem become reality, blame someone else, watch bridge collapse.
    Say what you want about the time it takes the British to do things, but at least there is usually an emphasis on safety.

    • @DaveNeve
      @DaveNeve 11 месяцев назад

      We've seen bridges collapse all over the world, so why are you so obsessed with Chinese bridges? They may have had more collapsed bridges than some other countries, but given the size and terrain of the country, (plus the occasional earthquake or major flooding), they surely have more bridges and so a higher figure is to be expected.

  • @WhiteDragon689
    @WhiteDragon689 2 года назад

    And they also blew it up and it fell in the Harry Potter movies.

  • @karinamatos4253
    @karinamatos4253 3 года назад +4

    Loved this interesting phenomena. I also liked that there were woman engineers contributing to the topic. Great work!

    • @EmpyreanLightASMR
      @EmpyreanLightASMR 2 года назад

      Notice in this video how the male engineers are the ones who didn't account for the feedback loop (greater swaying with greater steps), but the female engineers are the ones who explain what they didn't account for 😂 "I told you so"

  • @darkage4594
    @darkage4594 2 года назад

    Bridge are dangerous since 1200 years a go.....
    I ll never sign for a project like this.
    U have trust at least 100 people work with you.

  • @alison4316
    @alison4316 2 года назад

    Really think I should've studied engineering..... Hindsight 🤷🏼‍♀️
    Listen to your parents, kids. Lol

  • @mohammedfarooqui9358
    @mohammedfarooqui9358 3 года назад +1

    Wobble wobble ;)

  • @holybright8641
    @holybright8641 2 года назад

    普物仔簽到==

  • @donaldrentfrow4333
    @donaldrentfrow4333 3 года назад +5

    I dont know how they did it and quite frankly I really don't care...............

  • @romuald225
    @romuald225 Год назад

    Misleading video… The original team of engineers did not save their reputation at all - did not get a chance. Other company (Atkins) did come up with the solution, but officially they can’t talk about for some reason.

  • @Jon-em4kc
    @Jon-em4kc 2 года назад +1

    What a condescending documentary (if you can call it that). I'm going back to Grady.

  • @surindervirdee2466
    @surindervirdee2466 2 года назад

    This is so overdramatic

  • @dmvp1889
    @dmvp1889 27 дней назад

    chinese glass bridge brought me here

  • @bhagwancapitalism1057
    @bhagwancapitalism1057 Год назад

    Gec students , attendance here

  • @dawlesstech8904
    @dawlesstech8904 Месяц назад

    Pretty good doc, but seriously, what is with this new trend of inserting scripted "interviews" 🤡

  • @gelinrefira
    @gelinrefira 5 месяцев назад

    LOL shtty bristish construction.

  • @JamieZero7
    @JamieZero7 3 года назад

    It looks beautiful? it honestly looks fugly. What a total waste of money.

  • @cindychin7746
    @cindychin7746 3 года назад +2

    Why didn’t those clowns know any of this before they designed the damn bridge 😡

  • @nnnnnn3647
    @nnnnnn3647 2 года назад

    Of course, the movie had to feature a few black men and women who had nothing to do with build - just to eliminate white men.

  • @graememccaig723
    @graememccaig723 2 года назад

    Who is the female Asian "expert"?

    • @soppoi123
      @soppoi123 2 года назад

      We'll never know!

  • @omermaljisevic7588
    @omermaljisevic7588 3 года назад

    Idk why they used a dirty poon on cover