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derek muller #Engineering

Veritasium | The Most Dangerous Building in Manhattan

How a single phone call from a student helped uncover a flaw that nearly toppled Citicorp.

00:00 - Why is the citicorp building on stilts?

04:44 - How wind load works

07:49 - Tuned Mass Dampers

11:17 - The Anonymous Student

14:00 - Quartering Winds

18:38 - What were the odds of collapse?

20:31 - How was the citicorp building fixed?

25:40 - Hurricane Ella

27:00 - TMDs Take Over The World

28:36 - Conspiracies and Cover Ups

Derek
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