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[RS com] Discovery Channel - Extreme Engineering Season 1
Extreme Engineering Season 1
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| http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/engineering.html |
Episode 1: Tokyo's Sky City
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| It examines the concept of constructing a giant tower in Japan that wouldn't be a just a building, but a public city in the sky. At the end it talks about what a fire in the building would be like and how the fire department would handle it. |
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http://rapidshare.com/files/200284018/exteng101.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/200286380/exteng101.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/200289117/exteng101.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/200290008/exteng101.part4.rar |
Episode 2: Subways in America
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| This episode explores the current New York City subway and the plans for renovation. Also the World Trade Center Station post 9/11 and its hasty repair. |
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http://rapidshare.com/files/200292263/exteng102.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/200294873/exteng102.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/200297130/exteng102.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/200298049/exteng102.part4.rar |
Episode 3: Transatlantic Tunnel
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| The concept of building a tunnel across the Atlantic Ocean is talked about. It talks about the problems involved, and how it might someday be possible. At the end it examines the concept of a submarine hitting the tunnel, and how hopefully this wouldn't ruin it. |
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http://rapidshare.com/files/200300179/exteng103.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/200302439/exteng103.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/200304565/exteng103.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/200305664/exteng103.part4.rar |
Episode 4: City in a Pyramid
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| This episode features Shimizu's Pyramid City, which would include dozens of 100-story skyscrapers with more than a million workers as part of a giant pyramid on the sea to provide more living space in Japan. Concepts such as construction robots, electricity issues, and building materials are examined. The pyramid could withstand a tidal wave, and perhaps protect the city as well. |
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http://rapidshare.com/files/200307825/exteng104.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203124675/exteng104.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203124883/exteng104.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203124985/exteng104.part4.rar |
Episode 5: Bridging the Bering Strait
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| Examining plans to build a bridge across the Bering Strait that would link Asia and North America. Included: special reinforcements to allow the bridge to withstand the Arctic weather. |
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http://rapidshare.com/files/203125188/exteng105.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203125396/exteng105.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203125588/exteng105.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203125685/exteng105.part4.rar |
Episode 6: Tunneling under the alps
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| A tunnel over 35 miles long is to be dug under the Swiss Alps to redirect Europe's traffic. This $7 billion project will take 6 years to complete with man and machine fighting the mountains 24/7. |
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http://rapidshare.com/files/203125897/exteng106.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203126110/exteng106.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203126307/exteng106.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203126407/exteng106.part4.rar |
Episode 7: Building Hong Kong's Airport
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| Hong Kong has outgrown its small airport and quickly needed a new one in order to maintain its high traffic flow. The only place to put this new world class airport... 16 miles out in the ocean. This would require 22 miles of new super highway. It was predicted to take decades, but engineers were only given 7 years to build it. |
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http://rapidshare.com/files/203126616/exteng107.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203126837/exteng107.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203127046/exteng107.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203127196/exteng107.part4.rar |
Episode 8: Holland's Barriers to the Sea
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| Dutch engineers must overcome rising waters in the North Sea to protect their land. |
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http://rapidshare.com/files/203127458/exteng108.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203127659/exteng108.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203127845/exteng108.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203127950/exteng108.part4.rar |
Episode 9: Boston's Big Dig
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| Examining the Massachusetts Central Artery-Third Harbor Tunnel project, an $11.6-billion undertaking designed to replace Boston's highways with roadways that run underground and beneath the waterways. Included: new construction technologies. |
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http://rapidshare.com/files/203128154/exteng109.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203128338/exteng109.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203128521/exteng109.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203128621/exteng109.part4.rar |
Episode 10: Widening the Panama Canal
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| Examining plans to modernize the Panama Canal by widening it, removing 105 million cubic feet of earth by blasting and drilling, ultimately allowing two ships to pass side-by-side. |
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http://rapidshare.com/files/203128937/exteng110.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203129169/exteng110.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203129432/exteng110.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/203129567/exteng110.part4.rar |
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