THE VIDEO SHELF · geotechnical engineering
Sand Castle Holds Up A Car! - Mechanically Stabilized Earth
Practical Engineering explains Mechanically Stabilized Earth, where layers of reinforcement make soil strong enough to hold heavy loads, shown with a sand structure supporting a car. It notes that MSE walls are everywhere in infrastructure.
Why HN readers recommended it
Often named as a great first video from Practical Engineering and as the explanation of reinforced earth.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Practical Engineering
- Topic
- geotechnical engineering
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I wonder if sheets of a cloth-like material could be used in loading similar to Mechanically Stabilized Earth Practical Engineering has a great video on this simple but pervasive technology. [VIDEO]
cwkoss on Hacker News · 2018-08
In Cargo ships that sink when their cargo suddenly liquefiesI keep a Google Document of these to share just in case people ask about my YouTube interests. I Actually Watched All of Them I have actually watched ALL of the videos on these channels and I don’t even feel bad about it :-) I …
davidwf on Hacker News · 2021-01
In Ask HN: What YouTube channels do you subscribe to?
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