In the narration, I'm using the terms "soil" and "dirt" to mean any earthen granular material (including sands). A lot of non-US viewers have been confused by my mixing those terms. Sorry about that!
@maxmogavero16247 жыл бұрын
Do you live in texas?
@markfryer98807 жыл бұрын
There are various types of homes built using earthen materials, mud brick houses, rammed earth houses and there can be slight variations on these for example mud bricks that are formed inside sand bags. The next progression on from that would be to use a soil and cement mix in the sandbags.
@Cecil977 жыл бұрын
the ancient Chinese used similar methods to construct the great wall as well as the watch towers in area's where stone was not available, they has a layer of dirt and then added a layer of hay and kept that pattern. Some of those buildings are still standing today.
@Cecil977 жыл бұрын
who u flaming????
@Thomas-rz5nt7 жыл бұрын
Nathan C you could use it for the base of the house if it goes on a hill
@user-sb3wh3dd4v5 жыл бұрын
"I dropped a 25 pound weight from six feet up, to simulate what would happen if you dropped a 25 pound weight from six feet up." That's a perfect example of "engineer humor." Made me LOL, Thanks!
@gaz7897895 жыл бұрын
Sorry I'm dumb I don't get it!
@tylerrandolph1955 жыл бұрын
I laughed at that and replayed it so many times 🤣
@samuelfraser88805 жыл бұрын
Who else noticed it was only 20 pounds?
@chandlerjones6625 жыл бұрын
He also called it a ‘barbell’ 😂😂
@tomr69554 жыл бұрын
That's not the exact quote though. I don't think he was trying to be funny either
@HydraulicPressChannel8 жыл бұрын
I might know one guy that has a hydraulic press...
@PracticalEngineeringChannel8 жыл бұрын
+Hydraulic Press Channel Heck yeah! Do it! I can give you a diagram - it's really just sand and window screen.
@HydraulicPressChannel8 жыл бұрын
+Practical Engineering I think I do this video in about 2-4 weeks. I have quite many videos booked already but I will link this video to my video since this is very interesting and well made.
@PracticalEngineeringChannel8 жыл бұрын
+Hydraulic Press Channel Thanks! Just holler if you have any questions.
@JeremyMcMahan8 жыл бұрын
+Hydraulic Press Channel I'll be watching for your video! Exciting collaboration!
@Tyrog8 жыл бұрын
+Hydraulic Press Channel Oh my, history made in front of my eyes !
@DanHassan4 жыл бұрын
Is this why they put the extra piece of bread in a big mac?
@BillyBob-qk6vy4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, if you dont have a reinforced big mac you end up with 5 big macs on the table/floor.
@dwightshrute43643 жыл бұрын
Lol!! Highly underappreciated comment.
@yeahrightbear88833 жыл бұрын
This comment is genius!
@earthscrust90923 жыл бұрын
Haha
@yohanesyohanes18713 жыл бұрын
epic comment lol
@Paul-sj5db4 жыл бұрын
Next time I'm at the beach, assuming we'll ever be allowed there again, I'm building a sand castle with reinforced sand.
@alejochol93974 жыл бұрын
same
@jdgower14 жыл бұрын
Come to Georgia - Now is your time to shine!
@jdgower14 жыл бұрын
@Romano Coombs LOL! We all got the Wuhan HELLA before 7/4!
@allanstewart56823 жыл бұрын
@@alejochol9397 Frenchman Henri Vidal (an engineer) patented reinforced earth in early 1960's after seeing his children building large sandcastles reinforced with , I think it was palm fronds, & being able to climb all over the castles which didn't collapse !!!
@Jacob-yg7lz3 жыл бұрын
Imagine reading this without the context of the pandemic and thinking that you're referencing some unspoken event that got you and your family banned from the beach
@Tomartyr6 жыл бұрын
That kid who smashes my sandcastles is in for a surprise.
@nguyenpham35935 жыл бұрын
put a block of concrete inside your castle and watch the kid scream in pain
@libertardsbeware41805 жыл бұрын
He will break his legs
@BoxofMadness5 жыл бұрын
His fault for trying to break sandcastle
@JohnDlugosz5 жыл бұрын
Use cactus as an armature.
@maddogmcfly55045 жыл бұрын
take a backpack of quick dry cementto mix in with it, leave a legacy for others to admire :-)
@jasoonpittard99004 жыл бұрын
This reinforced dirt reminds me a lot of what plant roots do to keep the earth together.
@smolboyi4 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking... how should/can I use this in the garden
@lolbosss4 жыл бұрын
Now this makes me hate moles
@linkwokeup4 жыл бұрын
Exactly, and why trees are so important for the long term sustainability of our soils, especially in areas of sloping country and flowing water.
@namAehT4 жыл бұрын
Sod houses exploit this principle very effectively.
@alexsavastru81254 жыл бұрын
Well it's pretty much the same thing. Reinforcing earth with things that grow from said earth. Cool stuff idk
@karennakye3 жыл бұрын
IfI had watched your channel in my Final Year of High school, I would be a civil engineer instead of an electrical engineer.
@dezcartez73453 жыл бұрын
This hit different
@oksowhat3 жыл бұрын
i am about to go to college, i took admission in computer science and engineering, his channel has literally made me fall in love with civil engineering, but there is not many oppunities in civil in my country until you are not from a good college
@Blank-wv3uf2 жыл бұрын
Third year EE here, and I completely agree lol
@oksowhat2 жыл бұрын
@@Blank-wv3uf dont be so exited, my brother took inspiration from YT, its just too much maths for him in civil moreover bleak placements
@Seabass12062 жыл бұрын
u can still do it
@landeuxmille4 жыл бұрын
"This is an engineering channel, not a science channel. We all know what would happen if we dropped a car on a block of sand." Perfect example of engineers lowkey throwing shade at real science hahaha.
@skchan23 жыл бұрын
I just want to say the same too 😁
@syrthdr09sybr342 жыл бұрын
And by "real science" we all know you mean fake mainstream brainwashing science.
@mattn.89412 жыл бұрын
@@syrthdr09sybr34 By "real science" he means real science... What are you on about?
@syrthdr09sybr342 жыл бұрын
@@mattn.8941 If you know you know. And you obviously don't.
@mattn.89412 жыл бұрын
@@syrthdr09sybr34 Conspiracies aside, you can't bash all of science because of cherry-picked results, flawed studies, or straight up faked data. The scientific method has greatly assisted humanity with innovation and research. The OP was talking about real science, not whatever you're thinking of.
@windykar37055 жыл бұрын
7:14 "Dirt was probably your first construction material" *Flashbacks to my first minecraft house*
@sep41065 жыл бұрын
L O L
@theodorvigilius44465 жыл бұрын
So true
@markuspl4y5 жыл бұрын
Underrated
@trickydicky25945 жыл бұрын
Got that GREEN TOOOOOP!!
@meowtzy40995 жыл бұрын
Hahaha right
@johnlawlor79317 жыл бұрын
"I dropped a 20 lb weight from 6 ft up to simulate dropping a 20 lb weight from 6 ft up."
@johnlawlor79317 жыл бұрын
Liked for this quote, this guy is a comedy genious
@baganatube7 жыл бұрын
25.
@dasaint06 жыл бұрын
he said "I dropped a 25 pound dumbell from 6 ft up to simulate during 25 pound weight from 6 ft" i don't think this was a joke, i think if he would have had a perfectly flat 25 pound weight he would have used it instead, like the other flat heavy objects he used.
@tr0jan5236 жыл бұрын
John Lawlor Lol
@KARMICHAEL116 жыл бұрын
The other thing is, he said barbelll... when it's a dumbell... extremely funny though, gotta love engineer brains!
@nolanstrife7350 Жыл бұрын
It's been literal years since I first watched this video, and yet composite dirt experiment still remains one of the most memorable experiment I've ever seen It's not something flashy or bombastic like the stuff people like NileRed perform. It's just putting a weight of a car on a pile of sand. So simplistic yet it blows away all and all expectations
@OmniversalInsect Жыл бұрын
Most chemistry experiments aren't very visually interesting either
@pedrova80583 ай бұрын
Of course you don't know the guy who synthesizes Cubane in his backyard woodshed LOL
@pedroisaacs62124 жыл бұрын
Thanks Brady, really informative. I now understand how the romans built the seige ramp at the siege of Massada. They intelaced tree branches between the soil layers which allowed them to build the ramp at a very steep angle.
@StephanieVargasMusic2 жыл бұрын
I wondered about that too!
@WilliamDye-willdye8 жыл бұрын
"I dropped this 25-pound barbell from about six feet up to simulate what would happen if you drop a 25-pound weight on the cube from six feet up." :-)
@gtasandman8 жыл бұрын
then it rolls over and shows a 20
@sigmafox59558 жыл бұрын
Hahah yes I love it! Earned my sub right there
@zajec118 жыл бұрын
when you try to reach the word count on an essay 😂
@Orc-icide8 жыл бұрын
yep
@Kopfkissen217 жыл бұрын
Arbeitssicherheit
@Mcofell18 жыл бұрын
*"I dropped this 25 pound barbell from about 6 feet up to simulate what would happen if you dropped a 25 pound weight on the cube from 6 feet up."* This is why I love this channel.
@Z6D4C47 жыл бұрын
I was solid confused for 5 seconds.
@ericstoverink65797 жыл бұрын
HardHatCat And then we see clearly that it was in fact a 20 pound weight.
@arklanuthoslin7 жыл бұрын
went back and checked - god dammit. it is 20.
@oneofmanyparadoxfans54477 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the bar itself was already five pounds.
@Druid_Plow7 жыл бұрын
lol, i was gunna say the same thing. we're not doing science, we're doing engineering.
@Vagitarion2 жыл бұрын
When you dropped that barbell, I was relieved to see it didn't bounce onto your mechanically unstabilized foot
@arvnd619 Жыл бұрын
I watched this video when it was posted, now am married and my wife showed a highway bridge and told me they used poor construction materials for the side walls which makes the bridge week. I immediately remembered this and showed her this video to make her understand. Thanks a lot for making videos like this to understand science in simple terms…
@ubelmensch5 жыл бұрын
I see now that when Anakin said that sand was coarse and rough, he actually was praising its mechanical engineering properties
@aerodynamicist44 жыл бұрын
Contrary to his hatred for granular materials, he sure did appreciate their physical qualities
@stephenpowstinger7334 жыл бұрын
Whoever Anakin was.
@adamw13313 жыл бұрын
@@stephenpowstinger733 He was Your Father!
@iantaakalla81803 жыл бұрын
He was still fairly authoritarian, saying that “dissenting parties should be made to agree”.
@cezarcatalin14062 жыл бұрын
@@iantaakalla8180 He wasn’t wrong on that point though...
@sharadoraon34913 жыл бұрын
6:34 "this is an engineer channel not a science channel"...that sounds so cool 👍
@Cheepchipsable3 жыл бұрын
That's code for, "I can't be arsed to do a bunch of experiments to more clearly illustrate my point."
@zidaryn4 жыл бұрын
6:47 "My Mazda grocery hauler" awesome line.
@louisswanepoel16145 жыл бұрын
No one laughed at the comment "This is an engineering channel, NOT A SCIENCE CHANNEL". This is the most beautiful line I have ever heard on KZbin.
@micahchilders39115 жыл бұрын
This. Everyone DOES know what happens when a car gets dropped on a regular pile of sand.
@kovacszsolt60055 жыл бұрын
That's because engineering isn't science. It's a different level. It's pure magic in real life.
@Mezuzah875 жыл бұрын
Yet most of his content is science. An engine didn't invent or implement these things. Just another engineer claiming scientific processes and innovations for themselves.
@An_Urban_monk5 жыл бұрын
@@Mezuzah87 Science in and of itself is useless. It is just merely discovering and stating the actual state of the world with increasing accuracy. Scientists hypothesize, experiment, and state the obvious i.e. the intrinsic nature of the physical universe. Scientists add nothing to the world except content and knowledge of reality. Engineering on the other hand changes the world. By using that knowledge to design systems that didn't previously exist by leveraging the intrinsic qualities of the universe, often pushing to the boundaries of these qualities to maximize reality for the benefit of living things.
@EidolonSpecus5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, people can't tell the fundamental methodological differences between Sciences, Engineering, Arts and Philosophy. Academic fields are not all just "Science of X".
@mraider948 жыл бұрын
Should contact the hydraulic press channel and do a colab. See how far different reinforcements will go.
@zollotech8 жыл бұрын
great idea
@sam0vice8 жыл бұрын
Actually I did this before reading this :D
@sleepwalker35208 жыл бұрын
Definitely! if it can be crushed it will be😃
@Orc-icide8 жыл бұрын
"the hydraulic press channel" because there's only one and traveling is so easy
@matthewgold30547 жыл бұрын
They did it.
@kadendabate42952 жыл бұрын
1:22 cracked me up with your joke about earth.
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman3 жыл бұрын
_"...but some of us have dirtier minds than others."_ I see what you did there...😊
@WhatAreYouBuyen7 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid I used to use sea weed and layers of dirt to build my sand kingdoms. But I didn't know why it was always better... Now I know. Thanks
@KnakuanaRka5 жыл бұрын
Ding it, I want so give some profound one-line quip in response, but I can’t figure out how to express it!
@johncayenne-mccall38675 жыл бұрын
My sister and I used to pretend seaweed was like rebar
@pandu1425 жыл бұрын
You are natural born engineer brother!
@charlesgmcd8 жыл бұрын
I dropped a 25 lb weight from 6ft to simulate dropping a 25lb weight from 6ft. Awesome.
@valentine24308 жыл бұрын
That was pretty much the greatest thing ever said.
@HayateV38 жыл бұрын
I just paused this video cause i was laughing too hard. this just earned a sub.
@yuekang60988 жыл бұрын
Same here haha
@sleepwalker35208 жыл бұрын
+Zarc could be metric/imperial..... hmm... nope
@tsegayealtaye97608 жыл бұрын
ethiopia fm12; radio
@rogerfroud3003 жыл бұрын
It's great to find a channel where you can find things you've never heard of, despite being in Mechanical Engineering all my life. Absolutely fascinating.
@jodi80762 жыл бұрын
These short, relatively straight forward, videos are great for my kids and our homeschooling! It opens conversation and thought processes for more in-depth research. Thanks
@luckydal20592 жыл бұрын
That’s really cool that you’re exposing them to mechanical engineering!
@theemeraldboat99477 жыл бұрын
1:19 lol the earth is connected by love XD
@tr0jan5236 жыл бұрын
TheEmeraldBoat Lol
@StefanReich6 жыл бұрын
YEAH beautiful :)
@c.g.jonesze90896 жыл бұрын
It is simply true
@kwcnasa6 жыл бұрын
OMG, i love this channel.
@mattchopin24186 жыл бұрын
TheEmeraldBoat ...Yes, love and the principles of buoyancy. It helps to know this works since the earth is flat, and also knowing that gravity has never been scientifically proven (gravity is only a constant to help explain the difference in buoyancy between an object of one density in a substance of another density), and also that water always finds its level... on this entire earth... so God's love and the principles of buoyancy... and electromagnetism, but that's enough for now.
@chopinbloc8 жыл бұрын
6:59 This is one of the funniest things I've ever heard.
@loganpowers48338 жыл бұрын
hahahaha i love it
@NavyMitchell8 жыл бұрын
Came here to say this
@chopinbloc8 жыл бұрын
+NavyMitchell lol
@dizquier918 жыл бұрын
Haha, i thought the same thing!
@XiAwesomeGodziX8 жыл бұрын
reminds me of the "Ten people died in the Bronx last night due to a fire that killed ten people in the Bronx last night during a fire" lmaoooo
@off_mah_lawn20744 жыл бұрын
The planet held together by love. I appreciate you Grady
@antoniohinojos38082 жыл бұрын
I had a thought while watching theories on the pyramid constructions, they were so quick to rule out any sort of sand ramps but couldn't they have built a form of geogrid lock fabric from papyrus? It doesn't have to have been papyrus but the principal remains, they had an abundance of materials for this application at their disposal. Think of how thick and green the Nile was during season at their time, no environmental degradation as we see today.
@RealEngineering8 жыл бұрын
Great stuff!
@Hallow_Ghost2 жыл бұрын
Lol didnt you get many likes even if youre verified.
@Hobbyrepubliken8 жыл бұрын
Did this with my preschoolers as an experiment today and it went really good. We used large rocks instead of cars though :)
@PracticalEngineeringChannel8 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@davidcalderwood41314 жыл бұрын
Dude, that was great. I worked for three summers doing geotechnical work and didn’t know this. This was awesome. Thanks.
@kshxfkt76pz710 ай бұрын
Awesome video. Now I understand how tree roots stabilize earth, and why we get mudslides after brush fires (the roots also burn up, removing the reinforcement). Thanks.
@BenKarcher6 жыл бұрын
One thing you didn't touch on is erosion. Even if the soil has a capacity to bear thousands of pounds of pressure it can be quickly worn away by rain. I assume that is the main reason the panels are used: To protect soil from rain and slow erosion.
@PracticalEngineeringChannel6 жыл бұрын
Thought I mentioned that, but it's been a while!
@JoahTheThread5ive5 жыл бұрын
I bet it provides a bit of extra support plus, I would imagine without it the dirt would spill out on its own little by little.
@PracticalEngineeringChannel5 жыл бұрын
@@colemanadamson5943 5:23 raveling = erosion
@_wayward_4945 жыл бұрын
@Coleman Adamson.....No....he did mention erosion in the video. Im glad Practical Engineering mentioned it. Its quite important
@runcycleskixc5 жыл бұрын
yeah, I just meant to ask the same thing
@harrypehkonen4 жыл бұрын
I set up our above-ground pool on sand last spring. Our yard is not level, so I got some sand to even it out with. I had visions of the pool being so heavy that it would push all the sand out from under it. It made perfect sense to add layers of landscaping fabric within the sand. It worked perfectly! Now that I found out that it's actually a "thing", I'm feeling so smart. Oh, Harry.
@sethapex9670 Жыл бұрын
That fiberglass screen actually seems like an ideal reinforcement material for this type of engineering since it is porous and will let water through.
@immaleaf4964 Жыл бұрын
runoff will carry the granular material with it, you want a material that drains similarly to the soil, I think the fabrics are called geotextiles and they can be matched to different soil types
@sethapex9670 Жыл бұрын
@@immaleaf4964 I was going to use concrete retaining walls to hold the material in place, as well as not exceeding the natural angle of repose of the soil.
@rawrbowser4 жыл бұрын
I probably already commented in this post. I build a sandstone addon drive way, resolve keeps sinking in the surrounding dirt. You warrant on geological dirt re-enforce best video ever. I can't thank you enough.
@IRAMightyPirate8 жыл бұрын
As a structural engineer who works with MSE walls I honestly have never seen a more practical demonstration for MSE walls. This is fantastic, subscribed!
@TheJttv8 жыл бұрын
the same concept is used in shipping pallets with what is known as a slip sheet that is placed between layers of boxes
@PracticalEngineeringChannel8 жыл бұрын
+Jttv very cool. I didn't know that.
@minixllc4860 Жыл бұрын
As I was building a spa to an existing pool today and I need to pile dirt up to 5' high in the next couple of days, I thought of this video which I had seen on the past already, so I looked for it again to understand the concept of reinforcement layers and I got my bright idea of how to do it by implementing this method in a much bigger scale than just a cube. Thank you for your indirect help. My son and my self love watching your videos😀😀
@superchargedpetrolhead3 жыл бұрын
It's sand castle time...
@JohnPoteet8 жыл бұрын
Not widely known is The Great Wall of China is exactly this sort of reinforced earth with facing construction project. Most of the wall by volume is local dirt with layers of willow branches to add shear strength.
@DanielBeecham8 жыл бұрын
Some of the great wall - depending on who you ask - is also mountains and rivers, and some of it if big trenches. I'll let "stuff you should know" podcast be my source.
@doggy_ebooks5 жыл бұрын
*pulls away cup to reveal sand* dirt.
@thenuggernaut90844 жыл бұрын
The word sand is copyrighted by dr sand md, creator of sand co.
@saigyl91494 жыл бұрын
and dirt is copyrighted by sips co
@ricletoespinosa85944 жыл бұрын
in engineering, sand is a particle size classification.. along with clay, silt, boulders etc
@Neo-po2xw3 жыл бұрын
wow things around us are really complicated and well engineered. Love it.
@jaym82993 жыл бұрын
This has been in my suggested videos for 3 years.. Finally watched it n it was pretty cool actually.
@goldenages70894 жыл бұрын
I've seen a ton of rammed Earth videos where they make walls in this manner, but I have never seen anyone use a layering material to increase the load bearing properties of the walls. Thanks for this. I will be implementing this into my real life Minecraft house I'm going to build..
@isaahsan93957 жыл бұрын
"I dropped a 25lb weight to simulate what would happen if a 25lb weight fell on the block" 😂😂
@me-un4jl4 жыл бұрын
I just love this video. I think about it every time I see a retaining wall. It's the perfect mix of informative and interesting. It's something most people don't really understand, either. Even people that should.
@MHLegacy2 жыл бұрын
(6:59) "I dropped this 25 lb bar bell from about six feet up to simulate...what would happen if you were to drop a 25 lb weight on the cube from six feet up." 🤣 That had me l laughing. I wasn't expecting it in an otherwise serious video, and that got me. Well done, sir. Well done.
@Ilamarea8 жыл бұрын
Holy shit! That's why they put plant matter inside the Great Wall of China! This is some ancient wisdom right here!
@TOASTEngineer8 жыл бұрын
Goes to show, people really weren't any dumber back then; they just didn't have the benefit of the ~5000 years of experience that we do.
@jonnygat15808 жыл бұрын
Using plant material as reinforcement in soil based constructions has been documented well before the Great Wall of China. Its use was widespread in Babylonia and the Assyrian Empire both of which date back to just shy of 2500 BC, and its use existed (though to a lesser extent) even earlier, in the early Egyptian dynasties.
@joelights64767 жыл бұрын
seigeengine, Jonny is probably talking about using straw to reinforce mud bricks. That's been done since ancient times.
@jasondads95098 жыл бұрын
"For the sake for science, we probably should do a control test with no reinforcement but, this is not a science channel, its an engineering channel" that just reminds me of the physics vs engineer memes. subscribed
@yyyyy3543 жыл бұрын
This answer my lifelong curiosity of how much concrete they need to fill those road ramp. Thanks!
@alienature3 жыл бұрын
That simulation with the barbell really help illustrate the effects of a barbell being dropped on a cube of reinforced earth from 6’
@SorryBones5 жыл бұрын
“Engineered dirt” I guess nothing is overlooked when it comes to human ingenuity huh
@mftripz84454 жыл бұрын
SorryBones from dirt to wood homie
@Cheepchipsable3 жыл бұрын
He doesn't mean soil, he means "clean" sand or granular particles, like the kind they dig out for construction. You could use regular soil, but you would probably need to process it to remove any organic material from it.
@LorcanG5 жыл бұрын
7:00 I'm dropping this 25 pound weight 6ft up to simulate dropping a 25 pound weight 6ft up
@ersikillian Жыл бұрын
That's interesting. I once saw a diagram about building a fortified earthworks in the 18th century. They used a layer of straw and sticks ever couple of feet for reinforcement.
@iz5772 Жыл бұрын
On of my favorite, most memorable, episodes of this channel. Amazing it's 7 years old by now. And I still remember the first time I watched it.
@Qwarzz8 жыл бұрын
"Unfortunately I don't have a hydraulic press so...". Now I see why Hydraulic Press Channel decided to try this :)
@yousorooo8 жыл бұрын
Someone posted this video onto Reddit and he picked it up
@fiveohfivethree8 жыл бұрын
I love the internet!
@uvbe7 жыл бұрын
Qwarzz Im some months late, but could I have the link?
@Qwarzz7 жыл бұрын
Look for "Crushing reinforced sand with hydraulic press"
@doubledarefan6 жыл бұрын
I did a similar thing during my kid years in my backyard with plain old dirt and some fiberglass roof shingles that were laying around.
@Private272816 жыл бұрын
Double Dare Fan why were they laying around?
@doubledarefan6 жыл бұрын
A shed was demolished and the mess was never totally cleaned up. Total cleanup did happen a year or 2 later.
@tjja73216 жыл бұрын
Proof for 7:15 also cool! I “invented” file compression before learning that file compression was a thing. Did you know it would do that?
@seededsoul5 жыл бұрын
Good job. Did you become an engineer?
@chriscaahbaugh22465 жыл бұрын
About 20 years ago I did the same thing this guy did to show off to tmy kids and thier friends...😂😂😂 they evan brought thier parents over to see it....this stuff is taught in middle school(earth science) but most of us forget it..
@ottokiehl54133 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. I need to repair some retaining walls around my house. I may use some of these techniques in the process.
@RoadsideRescue4 жыл бұрын
I had that same jack. I loved it. Nice and portable.
@RobertMilesAI6 жыл бұрын
You used paper towel, t-shirt fabric, and fibreglass screen. But what do they actually use in highways etc?
@christianmurphy4376 жыл бұрын
BeGamerSl lmao
@StriderCX6 жыл бұрын
Robert Miles They use love, man. They use love.
@MrAnperm6 жыл бұрын
The bones of those who died during construction
@snowstarsparkle6 жыл бұрын
Paper towel, t-shirt fabric, and fiberglass screen
@GODSOFTHEGUITARS6 жыл бұрын
Excellent source
@DeDeNoM8 жыл бұрын
Apparently it doesn't stand a chance against a hydraulic press. :P
@LJdaentertainer8 жыл бұрын
*hydraulic breast
@itokuun8 жыл бұрын
*hydraulic press
@freddyfredrickson8 жыл бұрын
I watched his version of this and the spacing between screens were much larger compared to surface area. I am sure that greatly affect the strength. However, I suspect with that press it really wouldn't matter how it was built.
@PracticalEngineeringChannel8 жыл бұрын
Haha I guess not. It still held several tons before the reinforcement failed. I call that a success!
@MLMechanic8 жыл бұрын
I believe he said 3-4 tons. That's pretty cool!
@jarrydbowater17904 жыл бұрын
I’m about to upskill to a cert 3 in Civil Construction. I think this channel is going to help me more than weeks of theory and paperwork!
@nafitron3 жыл бұрын
Dude, amazing! I wondered how the freeway walls stood. This is amazing!
Or when one kid kicks my foot, but i have reinforced shoetips!
@kerbotr4 жыл бұрын
Reinforced MP5 for the bullies the best song is Run run baby run run
@lolbosss4 жыл бұрын
*laughs in boot*
@tommclean92088 жыл бұрын
your channel is insanely good, I'm loving how your channel is technical and yet understandable
@PracticalEngineeringChannel8 жыл бұрын
+Tom Mclean Thanks!
@soundz99923 жыл бұрын
Great information! I am building a raised bed maybe 3 feet tall, and I am going to use the screen to hold the soil in. And I HOPE that way the sides will not bulge out as much!! Thanks
@guidogt98784 жыл бұрын
Very educational! I've seen those concrete blocks on highways but had no idea they were just to make it look nice. Thanks.
@yiuyeungkan1577 жыл бұрын
**Well that's why I build my Minecraft bunkers out of dirt n00bs**
@TmanTyler6197 жыл бұрын
yiu yeung Kan and sand
@Saamniferu6 жыл бұрын
Lol yiu and same idro
@DisKorruptd6 жыл бұрын
you're supposed to throw in some wool to reinforce it
@Snaily5 жыл бұрын
This was the video that introduced me to this channel and, looking back, you've got MUCH better at literally everything since then.
@allthingsnu467310 ай бұрын
This is the most useful video I've watched in a while...thank you! This came up in my suggested videos, probably because I've been watching videos about earth concrete (dirt and concrete mixed together for less expensive patios, etc.).
@RichWellner3 жыл бұрын
KZbin just suggested this to me again after a few years. Just wanted to say that it was one of my favorite episodes. Thanks for the video and the channel!!!
@crystalking24685 жыл бұрын
Of course dirt is cheap,it's everywhere! Just punch the ground 3 times.
@JTA19614 жыл бұрын
Hence the saying... dirt cheap. 📉😎📈
@NeverSnows4 жыл бұрын
instructions wheren't clear. i broke my hand and kidnaped a cop.
@bucket14423 жыл бұрын
Instructions unclear, defeated an interdimensional dragon.
@nunyabiznes333 жыл бұрын
Instructions unclear, fell into the Void.
@randallmacdonald48514 жыл бұрын
I love learning new things. It never occurred to me that those decorative walls hid reinforced earth. Wow. Even the concept of reinforcement was new to me. Thanks!
@fedupadhesive48852 жыл бұрын
When you showed the paper towel part, that’s where I finally understood it, jolly good show
@xxxXXXjdXXXxxx3 жыл бұрын
One of the coolest videos you've done yet. I've seen so many of these MSE retaining walls built alongside highway systems locally and always wondered about the safety of it. Astounding how solid it really is. Very cool!
@BenBrandt228 жыл бұрын
That was more interesting than I expected. Very cool.
@ryanm.1915 жыл бұрын
6:59 This sentence sums up what engineering is
@Archinemi3 жыл бұрын
This is all very cool, but you didn't tell us what they normally use to reinforce Earth in those large projects
@jtd87193 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best descriptions and demonstrations of reinforced soil that I have seen. I will shamelessly refer others to this video when trying to explain the idea.
@WeskerUmbrella44 жыл бұрын
I've been binge watching your videos for a couple of hours and i can honestly say that you've really sparked my interest in engineering. Really clean explanations without getting too technical into it and there's always a practical and a real world example of how it works, which makes it so easy to understand.
@me-un4jl6 жыл бұрын
Very cool! I ran into this when installing a retaining wall at my house. Code required that you layer in plastic geogrid (looks like temporary fencing) for a few feet away from the wall when backfilling. I kinda understood why, but now I fully appreciate the merits of it!
@johncoltrane2395 Жыл бұрын
I first saw this principle in action on a large dry stacked [ aka ] SRW project utilizing " Tensor Mats" which were anchoring the backfill , or better said, anchoring the wall system to the backfill. Its amazing what a little friction can do. That wall was 40 ft high and surcharged with a strip mall.
@faustin2894 жыл бұрын
Woow. I learned something from this. I can finally impress the kids when building sand castles in the backyard today.
@QueenBeee5 жыл бұрын
That fact that you put Love for what holds earth together made me cry. Beautiful
@anonymousbosch92654 жыл бұрын
Dimension 47 I read it aloud to my wife and daughter and they rolled their eyes thinking it was one of my dad jokes
@faustin2894 жыл бұрын
No. That's only poetic or figurative at best. Love is a function of a conscious mind. There are shitloads of planets out there that are not inhabited by conscious beings and they hold just fine. It's called gravity, thank you!
@tomast90343 жыл бұрын
love is in slang money, at least here.
@madaraet8 жыл бұрын
Hydraulic Press Channel, anyone? :)
@petti788 жыл бұрын
Manyone, I think :)
@ilovecomputers8 жыл бұрын
I'm glad HPC brought us here. Sub'd. This is the neatest thing I've learned today.
@lukasbostick8 жыл бұрын
That's what's appealing about HPC.
@DB-kq8kp4 жыл бұрын
Best conceptual engineering explanation I have seen. Wonderful - thank you.
@Shaun.Stephens3 жыл бұрын
My first construction material was rocks. We didn't have a sandpit as kids but there was a stony stream that ran through the bottom of the garden and I loved to build dams.
@Schranzoslavek8 жыл бұрын
Hydraulic Press Channel sent me here ^^
@Ztingjammer8 жыл бұрын
Same here!
@philipcai94998 жыл бұрын
FUGGG :DDDDDdDDDd
@Schranzoslavek8 жыл бұрын
XD--DD:DdddD
@Waluigi_7 жыл бұрын
Finally I can build the best sand castle
@DJ-uk5mm2 жыл бұрын
In the UK they have built houses from earth mixed with Straw or other plant fibre materials for thousands of years to act as you have described in this video. it is mixed within the soil mass & provides strength in all directions what’s the soil dries and an take huge compressive force from all directions
@franciswayungi8896 Жыл бұрын
I reccently came across this channel & I am already greatly in love with it. I have always seen these MSE structures every on our roads & wondered what they are. It feels better to know what they are now & I feel i have more control of my environment from watching this channel . KNOWLEDGE IS POWER !!!
@DigGil38 жыл бұрын
"This is an engineering channel, not a science channel." Nice. It's funny because usually people forget there is a difference.
@ilovefunnyamv2nd7 жыл бұрын
DigGil3 I wouldn't say difference, call it a sub suction. engineering is the science of design.
@goober2395 жыл бұрын
"This is an engineering channel, not a science channel" *SHOTS FIRED*
@lucasmcdonald93062 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Also liked the "Mazda grocery hauler" quip
@jenniferburgess7668 Жыл бұрын
Can’t believe all those walls on the Highway are full of paper towels ! 😂 😊