Skip to content

Engineering

Featured Content

Editor's choice

Get your free Matrix of Modern Life poster

A free poster that explores the colourful connections between different parts of science, engineering and technology Read more Get your free Matrix of Modern Life poster

Copyrighted Image The Open University

Tags

List View Animated Less More

Engineering has 36 pages.

Too much? Just show me pages by...

Skip filter toolExpand
Type
Featuring Activity
Featuring Audio
Featuring Video
Free Course
Featuring Community
Published between
and
Duration
Sort by
Items per page

Showing pages 1 to 10 of 36.

 

How to damp a wobbly bridge Featuring: video, Copyrighted Image The Open University

By The Science Shack team (The Open University)

27 September 2011

Inspired by the Millennium Bridge in London, Adam Hart-Davis investigates how to damp a wobbly bridge  Read more : How to damp a wobbly bridge

4.25
You haven't rated. Average rating 4.3 out of 5, based on 4 ratings
4 votes   0 comments

What's the tallest paper structure you can build? Featuring: video, Copyrighted Image The Open University

By The Science Shack team (The Open University)

27 September 2011

Can Adam Hart-Davis and his team build a paper tower to support a person?  Read more : What's the tallest paper structure you can build?

4.2
You haven't rated. Average rating 4.2 out of 5, based on 5 ratings
5 votes   0 comments

Making the biggest paper balloon Featuring: video, Copyrighted Image The Open University

By The Science Shack team (The Open University)

27 September 2011

Is it possible to lift a person off the ground - with a huge paper balloon? Adam Hart-Davis and the team find out  Read more : Making the biggest paper balloon

4.666665
You haven't rated. Average rating 4.7 out of 5, based on 3 ratings
3 votes   0 comments

National Science and Engineering WeekIrochka | Dreamstime.com

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

11 March 2011

11-20 March 2011 is National Science and Engineering Week. Watch Science Communicator Jon Chase try to get an egg into a bottle without breaking it...  Read more : National Science and Engineering Week

5
You haven't rated. Average rating 5 out of 5, based on 2 ratings
2 votes   0 comments

The Z Files: Chi Onwurah Featuring: video, John Valenti | Dreamstime.com

By Benjamin Zephaniah (Guest)

29 September 2010

Poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah interviews Chi Onwurah, an Engineer and MP with a deep love for the art and beauty of engineering  Read more : The Z Files: Chi Onwurah

5
You haven't rated. Average rating 5 out of 5, based on 1 rating
1 vote   0 comments

ClydebuiltJames Allan, reproduced under CC-BY-SA licence.

By Dr Gerry Mooney (The Open University)

20 July 2010

Clydebank may no longer be a shipbuilding powerhouse, but the Queen Elizabeth 2 and others were constructed along the river Clyde.  Read more : Clydebuilt

4.666665
You haven't rated. Average rating 4.7 out of 5, based on 3 ratings
3 votes   1 comment

'Tis but a scratchUsed with permission

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

05 January 2010

Have scientists invented paint which can heal its own scratches?  Read more : 'Tis but a scratch

5
You haven't rated. Average rating 5 out of 5, based on 3 ratings
3 votes   0 comments

Collapse at Kinzua: Corrosion damage Featuring: video,audio, Production team

By The Forensic Engineering team (The Open University)

12 February 2009

The collapse of the Kinzua Rail viaduct revealed what might be the crucial clue to solving an engineering mystery dating back to 1879. Part 1:...  Read more : Collapse at Kinzua: Corrosion damage

4.666665
You haven't rated. Average rating 4.7 out of 5, based on 6 ratings
6 votes   0 comments

The Silver Bridge Disaster: AcknowledgementsSt Andrew's Valentine Collection

By The Forensic Engineering team (The Open University)

12 February 2009

Acknowledgements to those who helped in the making of this feature  Read more : The Silver Bridge Disaster: Acknowledgements

4.333335
You haven't rated. Average rating 4.3 out of 5, based on 3 ratings
3 votes   0 comments

The Silver Bridge Disaster: Stresses and strains Featuring: video,audio, Production team

By The Forensic Engineering team (The Open University)

12 February 2009

The 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge was a human tragedy - 46 people died - and an engineering mystery: why did a bridge built...  Read more : The Silver Bridge Disaster: Stresses and strains

4.3
You haven't rated. Average rating 4.3 out of 5, based on 10 ratings
10 votes   0 comments

Showing pages 1 to 10 of 36.

About OpenLearn

Hide

Explore

Try

Study

OU Courses

OpenLearn Now

Hide
Modern love considered Creative Commons Image Capt Kodak under CC BY-NC 2.0 licence

Why does love hurt?

Bucking the trends
OU on TV and radio this week

Tag Clouds

Hide

Site Cloud

List View Animated Less More
What are Tag Clouds?

My Cloud

Discover the latest about your passions - Sign In or Register and start a personal tag cloud.

What are Tag Clouds?
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/sites/all/themes/ole/flash/tagcloud.swf

Creative Commons License Except for third party materials and otherwise stated, content on this site is made available
under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence

/openlearn/sites/all/themes/ole/