A Cautionary Tale - The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse

One tiny design flaw in the bridge caused it to collapse, and that collapse is still taught in engineering, architecture, and physics classes today.

Interesting Engineering

#Ventilation is one of necessary components for buildings

Common problem found is one and only side of opening. When heat generated inside + heat from the sun, heated air cannot escape due to enclosed walls and ceiling.

The solution is pretty simple, ensuring that your room has inlet and outlet located in different elevation. Ideally we want to put inlets at people height. Then, we put outlets higher than people height.

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