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Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections
2008
Last aired: S3 E6, Bullet Train · 2011-06-12
Richard Hammond tell us about an extraordinary objects that created with science, art & technologies. Then also he reveal the big ideas and/or inspirations to create that massive masterpiece.
Season 3
E1
Burj Al Arab
2011-05-08 · 50 min
Richard Hammond looks at how Dubai's sail-shaped hotel Burj Al Arab was built, including creating sea defences and coping with steel expansion due to extreme heat.
E2
Formula 1
2011-05-15 · 50 min
Richard Hammond reveals the surprising engineering connections behind the Formula 1 car, including a revolutionary 19th-century cannon and ancient sailing boats.
E3
Super Tanker
2011-05-22 · 50 min
Richard Hammond reveals the ingenious engineering required to transport one of the most potentially hazardous cargoes in some of the biggest vessels afloat.
E4
The Earthquake Proof Bridge
2011-05-29 · 50 min
Richard Hammond reveals how engineers made one of the longest bridges in the world earthquake-proof, with solutions inspired by incense and a tobbogan.
E5
The Space Shuttle
2011-06-05 · 50 min
Richard Hammond visits the Kennedy Space Centre to reveal the engineering connections behind NASA's Space Shuttle, the first re-usable space craft.
E6
Bullet Train
2011-06-12 · 50 min
Richard Hammond reveals surprising engineering connections between Japan's Bullet Train and ancient charioteers, a crowbar, a medieval clock and a 19th-century car.
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