[wforfang]

For anyone who found this video satisfying, you may enjoy "Structures : Or Why Things Don't Fall Down" by Gordon.

[ggm]

This plus one thousand. Great book. "The new science of strong materials" is also good. (By the same author)

[icelancer]

"Any idiot can build a bridge that stands, but it takes an engineer to build a bridge that barely stands."

A favorite quote from these types of engineering analyses.

[WalterBright]

Haha, so true. Structures can have multiples of strength for safety margins. Airplanes have 50%. Spacecraft - 10%. There's no way anyone is going to design spacecraft parts without being very good at math.

[bayouborne]

“furniture designers, incredibly, are not taught during their formal training how to calculate the deflection in an ordinary bookshelf when it is loaded with books,” ― J.E. Gordon, Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down