Golden Gate Bridge | The CRAZY Engineering behind it



The design and construction of the Golden gate bridge led to revolution in Civil engineering. Let’s understand all the magical engineering behind the Golden gate bridge.

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43 thoughts on “Golden Gate Bridge | The CRAZY Engineering behind it”

  1. An entire video could be done on the main cables alone! In my opinion, they’re the single most complex element of the whole bridge. There’s the precise tensioning of each individual strand, bundling strands into packets that are positioned into a specific pattern. Then using a specially designed hydraulic compressor to form a perfect circle, and wrapping the whole cable with a spiral wrap using another specialized machine. And having pre-planned connections to the massive anchorage blocks at each end. AMAZING!!

    The designer, Mr Ellis, also had to calculate the distributed vertical loads from the suspender cables onto the catenary, the weight of the cables themselves, and the required thermal expansion/contraction in the roadway, plus estimated lateral force from 100 mph winds (his arbitrary standard) and you get the idea.

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  2. Enjoyed this video emensly, unfortunately for dummies like me, kilometers, meter,etc. mean nothing. Old school people like me like miles, feet, lbs.etc. But thanks for the great illustration.

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  3. Each Main Cable contains 27,572 wires at 61 strands. Each strand has 452 wires per strand. The Cable was configured with the Vertex of the hexagon at the top and bottom of the cables instead of the sides and top. The bottom strands had less wires so the cable would Compact to a more Round configuration. This was achieved by Charles Sunderland of John A. Roebling's Sons Inc. Roebling supplied and spun the Main Cables and supplied the original suspender ropes.

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