FAILUROLOGY: Recent Episodes
Nicole Imeson & Brian Moynihan
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Artemis Project. It’s not really about a failure, but as our last mini failure before our hiatus, we wanted to talk about an engineering project we thought was interesting. The artemis project is aiming to put people back on the moon.
Original Air Date: August 20, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Titan Submersible. A relatively small carbon fibre vessel that imploded on its way to the Titanic.
Original Air Date: August 6, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(submersible)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion
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We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the 1955 LeMans Crash. It was the most catastrophic crash in motorsport history, which led to Mercedes-Benz to withdraw from motor racing until 1989.
Original Air Date: July 23, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster
- https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/le-mans-1955-disaster
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We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Vasa Ship which sank 1.3km into its maiden voyage.
Original Air Date: July 9, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)
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We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Therac-25. A radiation therapy machine that was supposed to help people causes radiation overdoses at least 100x the limit.
Original Air Date: June 25, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the hydrogen embrittlement failure of the Bay Bridge between San Francisco and Oakland. Almost 100 rods were at risk of failure, after a construction delay and lack of protection subjected the rods to standing water and weakened them to the point that a third failed.
Original Air Date: June 11, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco%E2%80%93Oakland_Bay_Bridge
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_Buena_Tunnel
- https://www.corrosionpedia.com/a-failure-analysis-of-hydrogen-embrittlement-in-bridge-fasteners/2/6877
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_embrittlement
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosco_Busan_oil_spill
- https://www.structuremag.org/?p=11041
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We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the hydrogen embrittlement failure at the Cheesegrater building in London, UK. 3,000 very large bolts making up the exoskeleton of the cheesegrater were significantly weakened by the introduction of hydrogen during manufacturing.
Original Air Date: May 28, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/122_Leadenhall_Street
- https://www.twi-global.com/technical-knowledge/faqs/what-is-hydrogen-embrittlement#:~:text=Hydrogen%20Embrittlement%20occurs%20when%20metals,the%20microstructure%20of%20the%20material.
- https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/14/cheesegrater-leadenhall-building-bolt-city-london#:~:text=Tests%20conducted%20by%20the%20contractor,to%20suffer%20from%20technical%20problems.
- https://constructionmanagement.co.uk/all-you-ne2ed-know-ab4out-chee5segrater-bolts/
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This week’s Mini Failure is about Alexander Kielland Flotel. In 1980 the floating hotel (flotel) capsized, killing 123 people on board. This led to enhanced safety regulations for the deployment of lifeboats from platforms and vessels.
Original Air Date: May 14, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://www.lifeinnorway.net/alexander-l-kielland-disaster/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_L._Kielland_(platform)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welding_defect#Lamellar_tearing
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Eigiau and Coedty Dam Failures. A pause in construction led to a catastrophic dam failure and a wall of water into the town downstream.
Original Air Date: April 30, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coedty_Reservoir
- https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/11/the_eigiau_dam_disaster/
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the DMC DeLorean. A car that would have likely been forgotten if Marty McFly and Doc Brown didn’t turn it into a time machine for Back To The Future. Ahead of its time in looks, but well behind its time in reliability, sales, and a marketing plan.
Original Air Date: April 16, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/30/23147339/delorean-alpha-5-first-look-gull-winged-ev-revival
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMC_DeLorean
- https://www.hotcars.com/why-dmc-delorean-project-flopped/
- https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/30/23147339/delorean-alpha-5-first-look-gull-winged-ev-revival
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Pemberton Mill. In 1860, the mill collapsed and then caught on fire in the worst industrial accident in Massachusetts history.
Original Air Date: April 2, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://www.in2013dollars.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemberton_Mill
- https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2022/01/the-pemberton-mill-collapse-and-changes-in-engineering-design/
- https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016751/1860-02-10/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1860&index=19&rows=20&words=Mill+Pemberton&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1861&proxtext=Pemberton+Mill&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1?loclr=blogtea
- http://www.celebrateboston.com/disasters/pemberton-mill-collapse.htm
- https://www.eagletribune.com/news/merrimack_valley/the-walls-trembled-then-fell-lessons-from-the-pemberton-disaster/article_849b31e1-3a10-53cb-a03e-80a3c39e9b56.html
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Granville Rail Disaster. A poorly located bridge support and wooden rail cars led to the worst rail disaster in Australian history.
Original Air Date: March 19, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_rail_disaster
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38645976
- http://danger-ahead.railfan.net/accidents/granvill.htm
- https://search.records.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ebnd1l/ORGANISATIONS1005549
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Cypress St Viaduct. A double decker freeway that served as one of the approaches to the San-Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the viaduct collapsed during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
Original Air Date: March 5, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypress_Street_Viaduct
- https://www.in2013dollars.com/
- https://www.engineering.com/story/cypress-street-viaducts
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This week’s Mini Failure is about Frank Slide. In the middle of the night in 1903, part of the town of Frank was buried under a rock slide in 100 seconds.
Original Air Date: February 19, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank,_Alberta
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Slide
- https://frankslide.ca/
- https://frankslide.ca/learn
- https://frankslide.ca/sites/frankslide/files/editor_files/Frank_Slide_Facts%20(1).pdf
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the partial collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans. During construction, the northern section of the building collapsed in 2019 and is still under investigation.
Original Air Date: February 5, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/region6/04032020
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1031_Canal
- https://www.ktbs.com/news/engineer-hard-rock-hotel-designer-ignored-calls-for-more-steel-supports/article_bfebbe24-bd76-11eb-9b16-6392d19abb87.html
- https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/hard-rock-hotel-new-orleans-scheduled-for-2019-opening/
- https://www.wdsu.com/article/how-much-to-tip/42273189
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Juliana Bridge crane collapse in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands. A poorly planned lift that had little to no consideration for safety led to the collapse of two cranes and a new bridge section in the middle of this small Netherlands city.
Original Air Date: January 22, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/en/media/attachment/2018/7/10/67a752ae6374summary_hijsongeval_alphen_aan_den_rijn_eng.pdf
- Video - https://www.forconstructionpros.com/business/construction-safety/video/12099051/videotwo-bargemounted-cranes-fall-on-dutch-town
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Sudbury Effect. Undoing a century of damage, little by little and what went from green and lush, to black and barren, back to green again. Sudbury is now said to have the cleanest air of any city in Ontario.
Original Air Date: January 8, 2023
Episode Sources
- https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-sudbury-effect-lessons-from-a-regreened-city-1.5102540
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Sudbury
- https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-sudbury-ontario-extractive-industries-transition/#:~:text=A%20devastated%20landscape,the%20soils%2C%20rain%20and%20lakes.
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This week’s Mini Failure is about PFOA/C8 Contamination (Dupont Scandal). PFOA has been poisoning living creatures in the Ohio river basin for decades. One brave lawyer took on a huge corporation in this real life David and Goliath story.
Original Air Date: December 12, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPont
- https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/dupont-lawsuits-re-pfoa-pollution-in-usa/
- https://peri.umass.edu/toxic-100-air-polluters-index-current
- https://www.alleghenyfront.org/ohio-river-communities-are-still-coping-with-teflons-toxic-legacy/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:IARC_Group_2B_carcinogens
- https://www.cancer.org/healthy/cancer-causes/chemicals/teflon-and-perfluorooctanoic-acid-pfoa.html#:~:text=IARC%20has%20classified%20PFOA%20as,cause%20cancer%20in%20lab%20animals.
- Podcast - https://www.alleghenyfront.org/category/fullepisodes/
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This week’s Mini Failure is about asbestos. Deadly little fibers that are in seemingly everything and can lay dormant for decades before wreaking havoc.
Original Air Date: November 27, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos
- https://www.asbestos.com/asbestos/
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Bhopal Gas Leak disaster in India. Due to malfunctioning safety systems and a lack of safety culture, many people were poisoned and their lives impacted forever.
Original Air Date: November 13, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
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This week’s Mini Failure is about Minamata Disease. How one small Japanese town suffered from decades of mercury poisoning.
Original Air Date: October 30, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata_disease
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata,_Kumamoto
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Big_Pollution_Diseases_of_Japan
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Based on the movie Airplane!, this week’s mini failure is a bonus episode about the harrowing events of Trans American Flight 209. Trans American Flight 209 from Los Angeles to Chicago made a miraculous landing in Chicago after the flight crew was incapacitated by food poisoning and a former Air Force Pilot along with a flight attendent were successful in bringing the aircraft to the ground.
Original Air Date: April 1, 2022
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Love Canal. After a decade of dumping toxic waste, the location was a bad spot to put a school. Even the chemical company knew it, but it would take years for the school board to understand the consequences of their decision.
Original Air Date: October 16, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Exxon Valdez. The second worst oil spill in US waters that took decades to clean up.
Original Air Date: October 2, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the SS Sultana. A steamship that exploded and sank on the Mississippi River in 1865, claiming the title of the worst US maritime disaster.
Original Air Date: September 18, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_(steamboat)
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Gretna Rail Disaster. Too many trains, some of them knowingly unsafe, water cooler chatter about the war, and an unofficial shift change led to the the worst rail disaster in British history.
Original Air Date: September 4, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintinshill_rail_disaster
- Animation - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Quintinshill_animation_1.gif
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Ocean Tower. It was a 31 storey luxury condo tower that was demolished in 2009 after finding significant structural concerns.
Original Air Date: August 21, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Tower
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_voluntarily_demolished_buildings
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This week’s Mini Failure is about Ronan Point. A bad fitting and a lit match led to the collapse of the SE corner of this tower block in east London, UK.
Original Air Date: August 7, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronan_Point
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Johnstown Flood AKA that Great Flood of 1889. After heavy rainfall, the poorly maintained South Fork Dam failed, greatly impacting the unsuspecting residents downstream.
Original Air Date: July 24, 2022
Episode Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstown_Flood
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire. A completely preventable fire that took the lives of hundreds and changed the shape of public assembly fire protection and life safety regulations.
Original Air Date: July 10, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoanut_Grove_fire
- https://www.nfpa.org/-/media/Files/Public-Education/By-topic/Occupancies/NFPA-Journal-2007_CocoanutGrove-small.pdf
- https://bostonfirehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2016/11/reportconcerningcocoanutgrovefire.pdf
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This week’s Mini Failure is about Dreamworld’s Thunder River Rapids Ride in Australia. A failing pump caused a fatal accident on what was supposed to be a family friendly ride.
Original Air Date: June 26, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_River_Rapids_Ride
- https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/641830/10545784-final-dreamworld-draft-6-for-upload.pdf
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the DOT-105 Rail Car Chlorine Gas Leak. An old rail car and ineffective maintenance procedures led to the release of 81,000kg of chlorine gas along the Ohio River valley.
Original Air Date: June 12, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/HZM1901.pdf
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Millenium Tower in San Francisco, which has been sinking and leaning since it was completed in 2009.
Original Air Date: May 29, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Tower_(San_Francisco)
- https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/millennium-tower-now-tilting-3-inches-per-year-according-to-fix-engineer/3101278/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_PHBrand&fbclid=IwAR1lTUiewvQMkchMkfF7G9bIIJOhYj-tLfEfQoX0Ai0ZQTTR_7PpmD_8V5Y
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Minnesota Metrodome. A combination of a pressurized structure and a fabric roof requires a lot of maintenance to keep the roof up there doing roof things. Otherwise it collapses like it did in Minneapolis.
Original Air Date: May 15, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome
- roof collapse video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_uscBJn0p0
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This week’s Mini Failure is about Apollo 1. What was meant to be a non-hazardous test for the first crewed mission to the Moon, turned out to be a devastating event for NASA and space travel in general. Like all the engineering failures we’ve covered on this show, and as tragic as it was, there is a lot to learn from not only how the fire started, but how it spread and how the rescue was mishandled.
Original Air Date: October 10, 2021
Engineering News
- https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/world-first-ocean-drone-captures-video-from-inside-hurricane
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Sam
- Hurricane Hunters - https://www.hurricanehunters.com/
Apollo 1
- https://www2.engineering.com/Library/ArticlesPage/tabid/85/ArticleID/67/categoryId/7/Apollo-1.aspx
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Kursk Submarine (4:30); a Russian Submarine that sank during a naval training exercise (13:40). The recovery of the ship was less than optimal (16:30) and there were many things to blame, some real and some conspiracy (23:10).
Original Air Date: August 1, 2021
Engineering News
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210427085752.htm
Kursk
https://engineering-channel.com/kursk-submarine-disaster/
Kursk Layout
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1010943.stm
Kursk After Recovery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Seattle Kingdome. A venue that had design issues from the start; poor design, leaks, and some really bad baseball and basketball teams are the legacy that remains for the Kingdome.
Original Air Date: May 1, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdome
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the London Beer Flood. A giant wall of beer smashed the brewery wall and sent a huge wave of beer down London streets.
Original Air Date: April 17, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Boston Molasses Flood. Over 100 years ago, A wave of molasses flooded the streets of North End in Boston and took out everything in its path. Lessons were learned and new regulations were added to prevent this type of incident from happening again.
Original Air Date: April 3, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Kankaria Amusement Park Ride Accident in western India. This accident occurred when the cable connecting the counterbalance with the shaft, and the shaft itself, snapped midair while 30+ people were on the ride. Like pretty much all of the ones we cover on this show, it was preventable and the lives lost and injuries suffered could have been avoided had the ride been properly maintained.
Original Air Date: March 20, 2022
Episode Sources
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/2-dead-29-injured-in-kankaria-ride-crash/articleshow/70220777.cms
- https://www.newsweek.com/india-theme-park-crash-kankaria-pendulum-deaths-amusement-park-1449253#:~:text=A%20pendulum%20ride%20at%20an,The%20Times%20of%20India%20reported.
- https://time.com/5627156/india-amusement-park-ride-video/
- https://www.who.com.au/worst-theme-park-accidents
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/rules-for-amusement-rides-safety-in-offing/articleshow/72946171.cms
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Tous Dam in Spain. Four years after the dam was completed, heavy rainfall overtopped the dam and flooded low lying areas downstream.
Original Air Date: March 6, 2022
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- https://damfailures.org/case-study/tous-dam-spain-1982/
- https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/generate_chart_e.html?StationID=50430&month=6&day=7&Year=2013&timeframe=2&type=bar&MeasTypeID=totprecip&Month=6&Day=18
- https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantanada_de_Tous
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Standard Oil Building in Chicago. During construction, a section of the exterior marble cladding fell off the building, leading to a complete recladding in the early 90s.
Original Air Date: February 20, 2022
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- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/two-buildings-two-cities-one-problem/article17996906/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aon_Center_(Chicago)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Canadian_Place#Cladding
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Land O Lakes Sinkhole in Florida. In July 2017 a sinkhole swallowed two houses and condemned many nearby houses.
Original Air Date: February 6, 2022
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_o%27_Lakes,_Florida
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_nVB1RDIcw
- https://www.winknews.com/2017/08/12/geologists-study-massive-land-o-lakes-sinkhole/
- https://www.theledger.com/story/news/state/2017/08/12/geologists-study-massive-land-olakes-sinkhole/19727480007/
- https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/sinkholes
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion. On October 20, 1944, a gas leak at Cleveland gas storage facility led to an explosion and fires in a nearby residential area.
Original Air Date: January 23, 2021
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_East_Ohio_Gas_explosion
- https://case.edu/ech/articles/e/east-ohio-gas-co-explosion-and-fire
- https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/East_Ohio_Gas_Company_Explosion
- Operation Plumbob - https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/cientists-launched-a-manhole-cap-towards-space/
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Mars Climate Orbiter. Due to unit conversion errors, a space probe crashed into the Martian surface, a really, expensive mistake, setting back Mars data collection for years.
Original Air Date: January 9, 2022
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https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mars-climate-orbiter/in-depth/
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Gimli Glider. Units are hard, but important. What was thought to be a full refuel was only 45% of the required fuel load, leading to an emergency landing at former RCAF Station Gimli.
Original Air Date: December 12, 2021
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Knickerbocker Theatre Collapse in Washington, DC. One really bad snow storm, resulted in the collapse of a crowded theatre.
Original Air Date: November 28, 2021
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Big Blue Crane Collapse at Miller Park in Milwaukee.
Original Air Date: November 14, 2021
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Blue_Crane_collapse
- https://www.taproot.com/collapse-of-big-blue/
- https://blog.thinkreliability.com/case-study-the-day-big-blue-fell
- https://www.jsonline.com/picture-gallery/news/2019/07/12/crane-collapse-during-miller-park-construction-took-lives-set-back-production/1709127001/
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Cantara loop disaster, which still ranks as the largest hazardous chemical spill in California.
Original Air Date: Octobber 31, 2021
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- https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=17248
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunsmuir,_California
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUCWoziQnSY
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the CIS Insurance Building in Manchester. To stop the mosaic tiles from falling off the building, they installed photovoltaic panels.
Original Air Date: October 17, 2021
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This week’s Mini Failure is about the Walkie Talkie Building in London, UK. The building that can melt a car and knock over pedestrians.
Original Air Date: October 3, 2021
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_edQZF8-FEo
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This week’s Mini Failure is about Lake Peigneur. The entire lake drained into a salt mine in a matter of minutes.
Original Air Date: September 19, 2021
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur
Mine Safety Report - https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822029061140&view=1up&seq=13&skin=2021
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This week's engineering episode is about earthquakes (4:50). Seismic engineering has progressed over time to make sure we’re prepared (13:40) for earthquakes and the tsunamis (21:25) they cause.
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This week's engineering failures are from our mini failure library. We’re talking about PFOA Contamination (2:00) and the Sudbury Effect (16:05).
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos
- https://www.asbestos.com/asbestos/
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This week's engineering failures are from our mini failure library. We’re talking about the Bhopal Gas Leak (1:40) and Asbestos (16:05).
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos
- https://www.asbestos.com/asbestos/
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This week's engineering failures are from our mini failure library. We’re talking about the Love Canal (1:45) and the Minamata (15:00)
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata_disease
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata,_Kumamoto
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Big_Pollution_Diseases_of_Japan
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Engineering News – Underwater LIDAR Prototype (1:20)
This week's engineering failure is the Lac Megantic (5:10). 10 years ago, a train traveling from Montreal (9:40) derailed in downtown Lac Megantic and changed the town forever (22:20).
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Engineering News – Fluid Based Light Filtering Technology (0:40)
This week's engineering failure is the Surfside Condo Collapse (4:25). We get into the construction of the tower and all the factors that led to the collapse (17:00).
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Engineering News – Balance Beam Robot (5:10)
This week's engineering failure is the Motorsport Safety Pt 2 (7:55). In the second episode of this two part series, we discuss pitlane safety (15:00) and the HANS device (21:10).
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Engineering News – NASCAR is Going To The Moon (1:50)
This week's engineering failure is the Motorsport Safety Pt 1 (5:55). In the first episode of this two part series, we discuss early motorsport safety (15:35) and some significant safety upgrades that have been implemented over the years (19.45).
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Engineering News – Perseverance Rover Mars Sample (0:50)
This week's engineering failure is the US Interstate Highway System (4:05). After receiving a funding and design boost through the US Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 (14:15), the interstate system was born with a more deliberate layout (18:25) than may seem. Despite it’s success, the interstate system is not without issue (30:40).
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Engineering News – FLEX Rover (1:40)
This week's engineering failure is the SwissAir Flight 111 (4:15). A crash off the coast of Peggy’s Cove (9:10) is believed to be caused by a fire in the ceiling at the front of the plane (15:15). As an outcome of the crash investigation, a number of additional safety risks were identified and corrected (26:00).
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Engineering News – SmartWatches for Dolphins (1:00)
This week's engineering failure is the 2021 Texas Power Outage (6:10). Deregulation (10:30), amongst many other issues led to blackouts (18:25) throughout Texas during winter storm Uri; having a huge impact on residents (24:05). Despite experiencing similar storms in 1989 & 2011 (30:25), Texas did not learn its lesson.
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Engineering News – Moving Objects with Ultrasound Waves (3:45)
This week's engineering failure is the Mount Polley Tailings Pond Breach (6:05). After years of ad hoc embankment expansion (9:30), the tailing pond breached on August 4, 2014. Following an independent investigation panel review (17:10) geoscientists and engineers were found liable for the failure (28:35).
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Engineering News – Counterfeit Part Detection (0:40)
This week's engineering failure is the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (4:15). Designed by some of the same engineers (10:50) as the Golden Gate Bridge we talked about last episode, this bridge only stood for 3 months before collapsing (18:55). A full inquiry (21:00) discovered flaws in the lightweight design and a new, stronger bridge was built that’s still standing today (26:05).
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Engineering News – Microplastic Magnets in Water (1:10)
This week's engineering marvel is the Golden Gate Bridge (3:20). After decades of design considerations (6:10) the Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937 (16:40). 86 years later, San Francisco is working hard to maintain (21:00) the iconic bridge.
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Engineering News – Harvesting Freshwater from the Ocean’s Surface (1:10)
This week's engineering failure is the Fernie Arena Ammonia Accident (4:00). Built over 50 years ago, the arena (9:15) and its ice making equipment (11:10) were in need of repair. After ignoring warning signs for years that the plant was failing (15:35) in October 2017, a tragic accident occurred (22:35) sparking an investigation into what went wrong in Fernie (27:55).
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Engineering News – Gelatinous Animals Inspiring Underwater Vehicle Design (3:30).
This week's engineering failure is the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant Failure (7:05).
The power plant dam had significant water pressure and other issues (15:15), which ultimately led to the failure of turbine 2 in 2009 (24:20). The formal investigation (30:15) created more questions than answers, but the turbine hall was eventually rebuilt (36:10) and the power plant is still operating today.
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Engineering News – Water on an Exoplanet (3:45)
This week's engineering failure is the Algo Centre Mall Collapse (7:15). In 2012 the mall’s rooftop parking deck collapsed (16:15), revealing decades of neglectful maintenance (29:25).
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Engineering News – LIFTbuild Technology on the Exchanger Tower in Detroit, MI. (2:10)
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Johnstown Flood AKA the Great Flood of 1889 (7:20). After heavy rainfall, the poorly maintained South Fork Dam failed, greatly impacting the unsuspecting residents downstream.
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Engineering News – Engineering is a Regulated Profession (in Canada) For a Reason (2:10)
This week's engineering failure is the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) Loss of Self Regulation. (10:30). After covering a brief history of engineering in Canada, and Alberta (16:10) we talk about how and why the OIQ lost their ability to self regulate the engineering profession in 2016 (24:20).
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Failurology is turning 2! We’re recapping all of the cool things we’ve gotten up to over the last year!
This week's engineering failure is the Station Nightclub (13:25). There were many contributing factors (20:45) that led to the tragic fire. In the aftermath, the band manager and building owners pled guilty to their part in the fire (29:50) and regulators made significant and necessary changes to rules around upgrading life safety systems in existing buildings (35:00).
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Engineering News – World’s First Electric Passenger Plane (1:45)
This week's engineering failure is the Boeing 737 Max (9:00). A poorly executed flight stabilization software called MCAS (15:20) caused two catastrophic crashes (25:30) putting Boeing in hot water (30:25).
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This week's engineering failure is the Wind Turbine Failures Pt 2 (7:35). There was so much great engineering failure content that we’ve split this episode up into two parts. In this second part, we talk about other common causes of wind turbine failures; generator failure (2:40), gearbox failure (16:30), and foundation/structure failure (27:45).
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Engineering News – Optimizing Wind Farms (4:45)
This week's engineering failure is the Wind Turbine Failures Pt 1 (7:35). There was so much great engineering failure content that we’ve split this episode up into two parts. In this first part, we talk about the most common cause of wind turbine failure, blade failure (20:00).
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Engineering News – Manitou Incline (2:15)
It’s episode 60! This week we’re talking about an engineering marvel, the Kicking Horse Spiral Tunnels (9:40). After looking at multiple locations for the railway across the Canadian Rockies (13:10), engineers landed on a path across the Big Hill (18:10). Due to the steep grade, accidents were unavoidable and the tunnels were built to make the route less steep (22:50).
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Engineering News – Electric Vehicle Remote Road Test (2:00)
This week's engineering failure is the FedEx Express Flight 80 (8:50). A fatal crash in 2009 (16:00) was not an isolated incident with the MD-11 aircraft (23:00).
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Engineering News – Imaging Technology for Autonomous Cars (3:20)
This week's engineering failure is the Chalk River Nuclear Accidents (11:05). The Chalk River Nuclear Facility north of Ottawa suffered two nuclear accidents in the 1950s. The first with the NRX reactor in 1952 (17:00) and the second with the NRU reactor in 1958 (27:35).
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Engineering News – Non Invasive Ultrasound Therapy (1:05)
This week's engineering failure is the I-35W Bridge Collapse (5:05). Designed and constructed (10:55) in the 60s, the bridge had been inspected (16:40) regularly over the years. But unfortunately, after 40 years it collapsed (30:30) and the City of Minneapolis rushed to replace the bridge (38:45).
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This week's engineering failures are from our mini failure library. We’re talking about the Boston Molasses Flood (1:50) and the London Beer Floods (18:30).
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Engineering News – Regenerative Bone Tissue (0:50)
This week's engineering failure is PIP Breast Implants (3:05); our first medical engineering failure. In an effort to cut costs, PIP cut corners on the silicone (8:10) in their implants that led to severe problems for recipients starting in 2003 (20:15).
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Engineering News – Safer Helmets (1:50)
This week's engineering failure is the Big Bayou Canot Rail Accident (4:35). Big Bayou Canot became the second worst US rail disaster (9:50) after a towboat hit a bridge resulting in extensive damage (22:55). The ensuing investigation offered a number of important lessons learned (26:35) and recommendations.
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This week we're taking a much needed break and featuring one of our mini failure episodes from last fall; the Gimli Glider. Unit are hard, but important. An incorrect conversion led to the plane taking off with only 45% of its required fuel.
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Engineering News – Robot Bugs (1:55)
This week's engineering failure is the Luna Park Ghost Train Fire (5:40). 43 years ago, the Luna Park Ghost Train (10:15) suffered a catastrophic fire (14:30). Even though it was inspected two years earlier, in 1977 (16:45), the recommended upgrades weren’t complete and the fire investigation (20:00) found many other safety flaws.
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Engineering News – CO2 Capture Membrane (0:50)
This week's engineering failure is the Teton Dam Failure (6:15). The dam catastrophically failed during its initial fill (17:15) leading to assessments of other similar dams (40:00).
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Engineering News – Improved Solar Electricity Performance (1:35)
It’s episode 50! This week we’re talking about an engineering marvel, the James Webb Space Telescope (7:30). The telescope took decades to build (14:00), but it was worth it because it has a lot of really interesting features (25:05)
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Engineering News – Florida Condo Laws (0:51)
This week's engineering failure is the Florida Pedestrian Bridge (5:50). The bridge collapsed (15:15) during construction with traffic on the roadway underneath. The collapse led to investigations (20:44) by the National Transportation Safety Board and the US Department of Labor.
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Engineering News – Morphing Metal (4:25)
This week's engineering failure is the L’Ambiance Plaza (6:35). There is not a consensus on the probable cause of this failure. While the National Bureau of Standards thought the failure was related to the method of construction (14:10), other investigators found flaws in the engineered design (18:00).
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This week we have a very special guest. Alonzo joins us to talk about Piper Alpha. A deep sea oil rig (5:35) exploded and sank over the course of 80 minutes (7:50). There were alot of failures that led to the explosion (28:00), some of which we may still be learning.
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Engineering News – 2D Polymers (2:00)
This week's engineering failure is the Second Narrows Bridge (5:00). The cantilever bridge (7:50) collapsed during construction (12:30), with an unexpected cause (14:00). Decades later the bridge was renamed the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing (26:30).
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Engineering News – Prosthetic Dexterity (2:50)
This week's engineering failure is the Kowloon Walled City (8:10). A city within a city, Kowloon had a deep history (9:50) in Hong Kong. Development of Kowloon really took off in the 1950s (11:50), but was limited by Kai Tak Airport (19:30). Despite a lack of administration, there was order in Kowloon (25:25) until it was demolished in 1994 (36:40).
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Engineering News – Surgical Sticky Tape (2:25)
This week's engineering failure is the Challenger Space Shuttle (6:20). 73 seconds after take off, the Challenger exploded (14:45) on live TV. While ultimately a pair of O rings were to blame (23:55), a full investigation occurred (26:55) and found that there were several procedural issues at play.
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Engineering News – Stretchable Thermometer (2:05)
This week's engineering failure is the Harbor Cay Condo Construction Collapse (6:10). Several issues (13:15) with the design and construction of the concrete slabs and columns led to the collapse of the building before it was even complete. There were consequences (29:25) for everyone involved and a lot of lessons to learn to prevent this from happening again.
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Engineering News – Houston Astrodome (1:45)
This week's engineering failure is the United Flight 232 (9:20). The DC-10 aircraft (12:30) was a three engine aircraft. About an hour after take off, the tail engine catastrophically exploded and the plane had to make an emergency landing (22:05). A full investigation (40:25) was done to determine what went wrong and how it could be prevented from ever happening again.
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Engineering News – Calgary to Banff Train (5:25)
This week's engineering failure is the Three Mile Island (15:10). TMI-2 or Three Mile Island Unit 2 (19:15) suffered a partial meltdown (25:00) after 3 months of operation and never ran again. They didn’t know it at the time, but the accident would impact nuclear power in North America for decades to come (38:50).
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Engineering News – Underwater Adhesive (0:50).
This week's episode is about an engineering marvel, the CN Tower (4:10). Building the tower wasn't a simple feat, there were several construction and engineering issued they had to tackle (8:35). The owners have also made changes and updades to the tower over the years such as adding the skywalk (24:00).
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This week's episode features a sneak peek at two of our favourite bonus mini failure episodes.
The first mini failure we are sharing with you is Lake Peignuer in Louisiana (1:55). The entire lake drained into an underground salt mine in a matter of minutes.
And the second Mini Failure is about the Cantara Loop rail disaster (9:40). In the '90s a train derailed into the Sacramento River on a very challenging section of track.
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We remember the lives lost and changed by the E’cole Polytechnique Massacre 32 years ago. (0:36)
This week's engineering failure is the Charles de Gaulle Airport Collapse (4:10). There were two main modes of failure, process failure (10:00) and structural engineering failure (14:45). The terminal was ultimately re-built (26:40) and engineers around the world took note of what not to do.
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Engineering News – LEGO is Running On 100% Renewable Energy (2:10)
This week's engineering failure is the 2003 Northeast Blackout (8:10). What started as a series of small events over the course of a couple of hours (11:00), cascaded into a full-blown blackout on a hot summer day. The impact was huge (17:10) and there were a number of causes (27:30). The investigation (32:00) shared their findings and recommendations to prevent this from happening again.
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This week Brian and Nicole are celebrating the 1 year anniversary of Failurology. They talk about why (and how) Nicole started the podcast, what changed along the way, they recapped some of their favourite episodes and talked about some other projects that have happened as a result of Failurology.
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Engineering News – James Webb Space Telescope (1:40)
This week's engineering failure is the Leaning Tower of Pisa (7:45). After taking almost 200 years to build, the tower has a few subsurface issues that contribute to its iconic lean (18:10). So much of a lean that it’s even won some world records (26:50). Luckily, to preserve the tower and prevent collapse, it underwent a stabilization project in the 1990s (31:05).
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Engineering News – Saildrone Inc Unmanned Surface Vehicle sails into Hurricane Sam (2:10).
This week's engineering failure is Apollo 1 (10:30). A fire broke out during a pre-launch test (13:50) on what was supposed to be the first crewed spaceflight to the Moon. There were a number of contributing factors (22:25) that led to the fire and poor rescue effort.
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Engineering News – Ultra Thin, Self Healing, Water Resistant Coatings (2:40).
This week's engineering failure is the Arecibo Telescope Collapse (5:00). Designed in the 1960s (9:00), the telescope accomplished a lot for science until its collapse (15:50) in 2020. NASA investigated the failure and issued a report (23:00) of findings earlier this year. But the silver lining, some cool things are being worked on for the future of the site (27:55).
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Engineering News – More Cladding Fires (0:15)
This week's engineering failure is The Big O, also known as Montreal Olympic Stadium (9:50). The Velodrome, located under the stadium tower had problems before construction even began (13:35). And those problems spilled over into and were exasperated by the sheer size and complexity of the stadium project (22:00). The stadium wasn't complete until after the games and has had ongoing problems ever since (33:30).
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Engineering News – Improving Electrical Insulation (4:20)
This week's engineering failure is the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Failure (6:50). We tried not to string the episode out too much, they got off to a rocky start, a little drama, but they eventually turned it around (28:40) and a decade later they had two working cables. And now we can look at cat pictures on the internet at work.
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Engineering News – U of A are developing sensors to detect when firefighters’ protective clothing is no longer safe (5:00)
This week's episode is about an engineering marvel; the Panama Canal (12:50). The canal construction started in 1881 by France (16:05) and was later taken over by the US (17:15). The passage (24:00) includes a number of locks (34:10) and a number of channels and lakes (36:40). The American Society of Civil Engineers considers the Panama Canal one of the seven wonders of the modern world.
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Engineering News – Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (0:18)
This week's episode is about the Kursk Submarine (4:30); a Russian Submarine that sank during a naval training exercise (13:40). The recovery of the ship was less than optimal (16:30) and there were many things to blame, some real and some conspiracy (23:10).
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Engineering News – Champlain Tower Collapse in Miami Florida (0:24)
This week's episode is about the Floating Bridges of Washington State that sank (12:00). Two floating bridges, the Hood Canal Bridge (26:30) and the Lacey V Murrow Bridge (28:30) sank during storms that occurred while each bridge was under major reconstruction. Luckily, Washington learned from its mistakes and rebuilt the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge before it was too late (38:35).
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Engineering News – Surfside Condominium Building Collapse in Miami Florida on June 24, 2021. (1:35)
In this week's episode, I am joined by Brian, a former pilot, to talk about the de Havilland Comet (6:30). While the Comet had some wins (14:45), it also suffered significant losses. The first fatal crash occurred after take-off from Karachi, Pakistan on March 3, 1953 (19:45), followed by another crash on May 2, 1953, 6 minutes after take-off from Calcutta, India (20:35). Then in 1954, Yoke Peter crashed on Jan 10th (25:55) and Yoke Yoke crashed on April 8th (29:30), both about 20 minutes after takeoff from Rome.
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Engineering News – Robotic Exoskeleton Therapy for People with MS (2:15).
This week`s episode is about the Folsom Dam Gate Failure (4:50). On July 17th, 1995, while gate 3 was opening (7:54), it’s structure failed and the gate swung open, allowing a rush of water down the river. The main cause of the failure? Rust. (9:33)
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Engineering News – Cement-Based Rechargeable Batteries (2:15).
This week`s episode is about the Deepwater Horizon (3:50). A number of things went wrong (10:35) that led to an explosion (15:55). The ensuing investigation found a number of causes, both on-site and with management (20:00).
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Engineering News – Hernando de Soto Bridge (3:00)
This week`s episode is about the Eindhoven Car Park Collapse (6:55). The car park used a BubbleDeck slab method (8:09) which has been used in Europe over the last few decades. But little consideration was made for the structural integrity of the slab when they rotated the BubbleDeck panels 90 degrees (14:42). Investigation of this failure provided an extensive list of recommendations to improve safety and the responsibility of risk within the Netherlands construction sector (16:25).
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Engineering News – Mexico City Subway Overpass Collapse (1:49).
This week`s episode is about the Burnaby Supermarket Roof Collapse(4:40). An undersized beam and added weight to the roof deck ultimately caused the beam to buckle and collapse (11:51). This change resulted in several important and necessary changes to the structural design of major projects in British Columbia (16:30).
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Engineering News – Heat Recovery from Wastewater (2:24)
This week`s episode is about the West Gate Bridge Collapse (5:24). The builders used an unusual construction method (8:45), which ultimately led to the collapse (15:30) of the bridge. But they weren’t the only ones struggling with box girder bridge construction (22:30).
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Engineering News – Ever Given vs Suez Canal (1:20)
This week`s episode is about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (5:20). In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory caught fire and 146 people lost their lives; most of them women. In addition to design flaws (8:10) there were also operational problems (10:15) that prevented workers from being notified of the fire (11:55) and exiting safely. The fire changed exit and fire safety codes forever (16:45).
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The episode begins with the fourth and final segment on Women in Engineering (1:00) to celebrate International Women`s Day (March 8th) and National Engineering Month in Canada. This week’s segment is about Elsie MacGill; the first female engineer.
This week I’m covering an engineering marvel, and one of the seven wonders of the modern world, the Channel Tunnel (6:00). On this episode, I will tell you about the tunnel construction (8:00), the cooling and ventilation systems (9:45), and the rail system (14:45). But even the most impressive engineering isn’t without its own problems. The Chunnel has experienced problems with fires (16:30) and train breakdowns (20:00).
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The episode begins with a special segment on Women in Engineering to celebrate International Women`s Day (March 9th) and National Engineering Month in Canada. This week’s segment covers Engineers Canada’s 30 by 30 Initiative to increase the number of women in engineering (0:00)
This week`s engineering failure is the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal; AKA Dieselgate. Using a defeat device (6:35), Volkwagen’s TDI diesel vehicles altered engine performance to cheat emissions tests. They almost got away with it, until a Canadian Air Resource Board study, including test results from a West Virginia test (7:35) exposed their device. Since being exposed, Volkswagen has faced consequences (10:05) and received backlash from countries and consumers around the world.
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The episode begins with the second of four segments on Women in Engineering in celebration of International Women`s Day (March 9th) and National Engineering Month in Canada (March).
This week`s engineering failure is the Hancock Tower in Boston (7:45). The completion of the tower was delayed 5 years, and the budget doubled, to fix excavation (11:30), glass (12:40) and structural (15:55) issues. Despite its shortcomings, the building has received prestigious architectural awards.
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Women in Engineering Sources:
- https://www.apega.ca/docs/default-source/pdfs/apega-2020-salary-survey-member-report.pdf?sfvrsn=7f100b14_4
- https://womenasleversofchange.com/
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The episode begins with a special segment on Women in Engineering to celebrate International Women`s Day (March 9th) and National Engineering Month in Canada.
This week`s engineering failure is the Hindenburg Disaster. Before there were airplanes, there were Zeppelins (9:50). In 1937, the Hindenburg Zeppelin caught fire during landing (18:00), engulfing the entire ship in flames in under a minute; ending the Zeppelin Era for good.
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Women in Engineering Sources:
- https://www.apega.ca/docs/default-source/pdfs/apega-2020-salary-survey-member-report.pdf?sfvrsn=7f100b14_4
- https://womenasleversofchange.com/
National Engineering Month Events - http://nemontario.ca/events/
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Welcome to the sixteenth episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures. This week's episode is about the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse.
After the Sunshine Skyway Bridge was hit by the MV Summit Venture, collapsing a 300m+ section of the bridge into the Tampa Bay, Florida had to rebuild the bridge better and safer. This episode covers the original bridge construction (6:00), the bridge collapse (7:45), and how the failure shaped the new bridge design (14:50).
Engineering news segment covers the NASA Mars Perseverance Rover (4:25) - https://phys.org/news/2021-02-mars-team-awestruck-photo-descending.html
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Welcome to the fifteenth episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's episode is the Failurology Origin Story; AKA the Q&A episode.
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Welcome to the fourteenth episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's engineering failure is the Sampoong Department Store Collapse
Engineering News: HuggieBot 2.0 - https://techxplore.com/news/2021-02-huggiebot-soft-human-size-robot-users.html
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Timestamps:
News – 2:43
History – 4:35
Collapse – 7:15
Rescue – 9:55
Investigation – 11:35
Trial – 16:35
Welcome to the thirteenth episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's engineering failure – Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster
Engineering News- Printable Thermoelectric Generators
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Welcome to the twelfth episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's engineering failure – The Flint Water Crisis
Engineering News - Self Repairing Concrete
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Welcome to the eleventh episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's engineering failure – The Titanic
Engineering News: https://phys.org/news/2021-01-earth-second-hottest-year.html
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Q&A bonus episode coming soon. Send your questions to https://twitter.com/failurology
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Welcome to the tenth episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's episode is about an engineering marvel; the International Space Station.
Engineering News: Transparent Solar Panels - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210105104839.htm
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Welcome to the ninth episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's engineering failure is Air France Flight 447 Crash
Engineering News: Desalination Breakthrough - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201231141511.htm
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Welcome to the eighth episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's engineering failure is the Malahide Viaduct Collapse
Engineering News – UK’s first electric car charging station
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Welcome to the seventh episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's engineering failure is the Hartford Arena Roof Collapse
Engineering News – World’s First Subsea Roundabout
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Welcome to the sixth episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's engineering failure is the Quebec Bridge Collapse.
Engineering News – 3D Printed Apartment Building
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Happy Holidays!
Welcome to the fifth episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's engineering failure is the Ford Pinto
Engineering News – Photoacoustic Airborne Sonar System
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Welcome to the fourth episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's engineering failure is the Grenfell Tower Fire
Engineering News – Recycled Concrete
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Welcome to the third episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's engineering failure is the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse.
Engineering News – Plastic Pollution
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Welcome to the second episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's engineering failure is the levee failures in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
Engineering News - Superwhite Paint
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Welcome to the very first episode of Failurology; a podcast about engineering failures.
This week's engineering failure is the Citicorp Building in NYC.
Engineering News - FSO Nabarima
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Welcome to the home of the Failurology podcast.
A podcast about engineering failures; the cause, the outcome, and the lessons learned.
Along with each new episode, I will post pictures and links related the failure discussed.
Stay tuned for episode 1, dropping November 16th.
Check out our website: www.failurology.ca