Skyscrapers, Statics, & Dynamics: Crash Course Engineering #26

What if you were on a high floor of a skyscraper and the building started swaying? Today we’ll explore statics and dynamics, and what they mean for the structures we design. We look at the idea of static equilibrium, forces, and torques, and how free body diagrams can help us make sense of it all.

Crash Course Engineering is produced in association with PBS Digital Studios.

RESOURCES: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/05/29/the-fifty-nine-story-crisis