71% Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections
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S03E06 - "Bullet Train"
Aired on Jun 12, 2011, 7:10 PM
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Episodes (3 Seasons · 16 Episodes)
Burj Al Arab
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.
May 8, 2011
50 min
Formula 1
Richard Hammond reveals the surprising engineering connections behind the Formula 1 car, including a revolutionary 19th-century cannon and ancient sailing boats.
May 15, 2011
50 min
Super Tanker
Richard Hammond reveals the ingenious engineering required to transport one of the most potentially hazardous cargoes in some of the biggest vessels afloat.
May 22, 2011
50 min
The Earthquake Proof Bridge
Richard Hammond reveals how engineers made one of the longest bridges in the world earthquake-proof, with solutions inspired by incense and a tobbogan.
May 29, 2011
50 min
The Space Shuttle
Richard Hammond visits the Kennedy Space Centre to reveal the engineering connections behind NASA's Space Shuttle, the first re-usable space craft.
Jun 5, 2011
50 min
Bullet Train
Richard Hammond reveals surprising engineering connections between Japan's Bullet Train and ancient charioteers, a crowbar, a medieval clock and a 19th-century car.
Jun 12, 2011
50 min
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