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@rasmis
3 ай бұрын
Looking at the Etihad Stadium, and it's airplane-like features, I was thinking: Imagine a relatively heavy roof, shaped like a sail, connected to its building with a rack and pinion-system. When the wind picks up the roof, the pininons harvest energy. The roof then spills the wind, like a sail, and gravity returns it to its original position. The pinions harvesting energy again. Has something like that ever been tested?
@fredashay
3 ай бұрын
Glad you dropped Master Scams as your sponsor and got Brilliant! That's brilliant! 🙂
@grahamcollins6810
3 ай бұрын
Milton Keynes: "Somewhere a little less exotic" - perfect description!
@lonestarr1490
3 ай бұрын
They should put that on their "Welcome to Milton Keynes" road signs.
@Craigels
3 ай бұрын
@@lonestarr1490 as someone that lives here... I can 100% agree and support this idea!
@MrLense
3 ай бұрын
I'm in for Fred's Tom Scott arc, visiting interesting labs that test engineering things.
@TheOpacue
3 ай бұрын
Yeeees!!
@lonestarr1490
3 ай бұрын
Are you suggesting he will eventually fly off attached to a helicopter?
@MangoJim
3 ай бұрын
There’s a little Tom Scott in all of us!
@GeekyMedia
3 ай бұрын
That’s actually such a good way to describe it 😂
@piraterubberduck6056
3 ай бұрын
When you put all these different shaped buildings together, you can get some hard to predict behaviour of the wind. This can include wind being directed up or down as well as creating high and low speed and pressure areas around buildings. Trying to predict this with computer simulations is challenging as there is just so much physics going on, so wind tunnel testing is essential. Very interesting stuff.
@replynotificationsdisabled
2 күн бұрын
Captain obvious? That you describing simple weather?
@davidkoenig8592
3 ай бұрын
I love architectural models as much as the real buildings themselves, so this brief look into how they react to wind was excellent. Thank you Fred and B1M!
@srdjanavram9504
3 ай бұрын
Nice look under the hood of one of RWDI's facilities. Thanks B1M team.
@pacldawson
3 ай бұрын
What a fascinating facility, providing a much-needed service.
@MaxPospelkov
3 ай бұрын
"Rave test" sounds awesome!!! I'd like to be a rave test specialist)))
@Hasmo_
3 ай бұрын
As an F1 fan, hearing Milton Keynes is huge.
@D3Vlicious
3 ай бұрын
I wonder if anyone has ever thought of popping over next door to Red Bull to ask Adrian Newey to make their building more aerodynamic.
@yousorooo
3 ай бұрын
The amount of puns in the video really blew me away.
@daveymaggee9863
3 ай бұрын
This was fascinating. They really think of everything. Thanks Fred.
@rollinwithunclepete824
3 ай бұрын
Thanks, Fred. A very interesting insider's view of a very cool subject! Glad you survived the Wind Tunnel
@nickholland24
3 ай бұрын
Milton Keynes! Omg real civil engineer wasn't lying!
@aracelyd.6455
3 ай бұрын
The engineering is impressive and super advanced, amazing video.🧚🏻♀️
@Digitalsurfer265
3 ай бұрын
Getting to work there would be a designer’s dream job! And you get to play with fancy mediums and tools all day!
@donmyers945
3 ай бұрын
Finally Fred grows into his role as the world's most gorgeous explainer. W/a tight shirt to boot!
@nickmhc
3 ай бұрын
Idk how an Optimum Tech + B1M crossover would happen but they’re both on the same level
@MelancholieT
3 ай бұрын
Shame that RWDI didn't test Bridgewater Place in Leeds. A video on that, and the measures that were put in place to try and counter the deadly wind effects of the building, would be very interesting.
@jimhearsonwriter
3 ай бұрын
I used to live in Leeds (including when the poor person died as a result of the wind tunnel it created), and this was my first thought.
@heidelbergaren5054
3 ай бұрын
I’m a really big fan of these types of videos
@TheB1M
3 ай бұрын
Haha, nice!
@Merennulli
3 ай бұрын
Looks like the production team had fun. 😂
@_Breakdown
3 ай бұрын
twin towers were 1st skyscrapers to be tested in a wind tunnel - but - they only tested 1 tower alone (they didn’t test both towers side-by-side); there was also a notoriously harsh wind that went through that plaza between those towers. Also, they built 2 moving rooms that simulated how the wind would be experienced by the occupants when the buildings swayed; For both tests many people found the simulated motion disturbing. The engineers came up with motion dampers to absorb the sway; the 1st time any such dampening device was used in a building. (No conclusive evidence that the dampers worked). Great video - thanks for sharing! 🙂👍🏼👍🏼
@difrancogavin717
3 ай бұрын
the segways into the sponsor are just too smooth
@Aussie_Engineer
3 ай бұрын
Great video, thanks for sharing mate.
@waynelander9054
3 ай бұрын
10:53 THATS MY UNCLE 🤩
@harrydooley7370
3 ай бұрын
Aye up Lad hope you enjoyed the video!
@CarstenSvendsen
3 ай бұрын
How often do you see a jacked as dude as a news reporter? That's so cool, actually improves the quality of the already high production value!
@Billybobble1
2 ай бұрын
This is the kind of content I love on this channel, so interesting to learn what seem like finer points but are major parts to large construction. I recently left a job at the £1.3 billion AstraZeneca Discovery Centre in Cambridge UK and from my short time at that facility, I cannot believe this type of research was employed in it's construction. The wind would funnel and increase in the open spaces surrounding the building. Maybe the long term plan with the new train station would negate this effect, I do not know, that's Fred's job to tell me otherwise. Regardless, for £1.3 billion, it felt like shortcuts had been made.
@DouglasJWalker
3 ай бұрын
I didnot know of the scale of the wind tunnel. Very fascinating.
@WhoIsOlton
3 ай бұрын
i like this "new" B1M, also beautifully shot.
@remkoburger6595
3 ай бұрын
Very impressive Fred. How did you get wind of it?
@Zyzzyx42
3 ай бұрын
Curious wind tunnel layout. I thought most pulled the air past the measuring area (fan behind it) instead of pushing it (fan in front).
@trudy__taylorandjorjamummy
3 ай бұрын
Last time I was this early, Fred was blown away! ❤❤
@TheVesko95
3 ай бұрын
Amazing to see Manchester on the skyscraper map
@bobbyconrad7500
3 ай бұрын
As a civil engineer myself and living in New Jersey (one of the few US states that uses roundabouts regularly) I find it kind of disappointing but also hilarious that the only reason I know about Milton Keynes and their abundance of roundabouts is from @RealCivilEngineeringGaming and his city skylines jokes about the city 😅😂
@bobbyconrad7500
3 ай бұрын
Welp, after some quick research once I finished the video I’m sad to find out that NJ actually does not fall in the top states for roundabouts 🙈 in fact out of the 110 found on Wikipedia, about ~45 are now defunct smh. But To be fair my hometown of ~2 sq. Miles contains 2 itself plus another ~15 in nearby towns I regularly work in or drive through which is about 25% of them in the state!
@jaz499
3 ай бұрын
I ❤ that you used a clip from the movie “a fantastic woman”
@philjones35
3 ай бұрын
Damn they even modeled in the supporters at the Etihad
@mrbbqcraig
3 ай бұрын
Most definitely very interesting and informative... cheers Fred 🤟✨
@urbanstrencan
2 ай бұрын
Interesting to see use of automotive technology
@rocko44444444
3 ай бұрын
"Milton Keynes has many roundabouts." :D
@jamesgilbart2672
3 ай бұрын
Fascinating video! What are those small blocks on the floor of the wind tunnel for?
@userbosco
3 ай бұрын
On first watch, I thought you called the model building @3:25 the "shart"... LOL
@janicesparks1743
2 ай бұрын
Hi from Houston TX
@missionman5000
3 ай бұрын
This wasn't around building the Empire State Building. Technology has come a long way.
@richardfoster2021
2 ай бұрын
Good show,,
@nobodyinteresting9967
3 ай бұрын
Why are ther so many little squares at the bottom of the wind tunnel?
@MrOvimik
2 ай бұрын
You sure have some big fans! :)
@RevistaGiro360
Ай бұрын
Awesome!
@larrybanta8858
3 ай бұрын
Wow that's awesome and crazy and scary
@davidcarlstrom3863
3 ай бұрын
Not mentioned was that the headquarters of RWDI is in Guelph Ontario Canada.
@Norfolk250
3 ай бұрын
(GASP!!) ¿fellow Guelphite?
@davidcarlstrom3863
3 ай бұрын
@@Norfolk250 No.
@herbtarlic892
3 ай бұрын
Hooray for Guelph!
@herbtarlic892
3 ай бұрын
@@Norfolk250 For several years, yes!
@arabicriflegaming8871
2 ай бұрын
i really want to be a structural engineer when i grow up but i have a 1.3 gpa and failing basic trigonometry
@_max_-qg3je
3 ай бұрын
Genuine question, how come this company didn’t transition to a wind simulator type of program. As a company, it makes it way more scalable. Is it just too challenging for now? Cause Nvidia with nvidia making earth 2, it seems possible
@MakeMeThinkAgain
3 ай бұрын
Now if they could just retrofit older buildings that cause problems at ground level. I know of two intersections in San Francisco where you can be blown off your feet.
@katherandefy
3 ай бұрын
Fred Fred Fred… i need more puns!!! 🎉
@johnawalker9261
3 ай бұрын
Most major car manufacturers have wind tunnels, not just things that are very fast.
@User-actSpacing
2 ай бұрын
So many puns 😂
@s1r0lf64
3 ай бұрын
How come they don't have a need to match the reynolds number to the real situation? since they don't seem to control temperature and such.
@troywarren9884
3 ай бұрын
Tell them to do 'The Line' on this tunnel
@ysemeniuk
3 ай бұрын
Isn't one of F1 teams HQ somewhere there as well? Town name sounds familiar
@Jeffisawesome536
3 ай бұрын
Red bull😊😅
@darkless60
3 ай бұрын
How do they select a scale for testing?
@WardyHoot
3 ай бұрын
Reynolds and Froude
@alexalekos
3 ай бұрын
it's interesting how they still haven't managed to simulate this process on a computer
@garywalker8493
2 ай бұрын
They do simulations too. But fluid mechanical equations are notoriously difficult and tunnel testing isalso needed. Fluid mechanics was one of my favorite courses in school, but it was also one of the more difficult classes.
@stevejewell8496
3 ай бұрын
You forgot one thing that is based in drury old Milton Keynes. The Red Bull F1 Team.
@ohasis8331
3 ай бұрын
I'd heard that if a 30 or more storied building can handle the wind loads, it should be able to handle most earthquakes thrown at it.
@GazMoby
3 ай бұрын
Is that where the F1 teams test??
@propork
3 ай бұрын
not necessarily. f1 teams have their own separate wind tunnels. there is, however, an unusually large amount of windtunnels in milton keynes (2), as red bull racing is at the other side of the city.
@AlexHaan
3 ай бұрын
@GazMoby No. Not at all. Completely different things.
@GazMoby
3 ай бұрын
Just wondered as I know Milton Keynes has an unusually large number of F1 teams around there.
@IVWOR
3 ай бұрын
Цікаве та пізнавальне відео. Дякую❤
@MrFester
3 ай бұрын
I am sceptical of wimd tunnels test performed on evivated objects models made from materials NOT used in those evivated objects construction.
@pb730c3
3 ай бұрын
@NotJustBikes might have something to say 2:18
@bluelightalarm
3 ай бұрын
Does anyone else think of Fred as a hot version of Keir Starmer? No idea why 🤷♂️ 😂
@crypto_que
2 ай бұрын
Jennifer Lowther INDEED!
@viren4053
3 ай бұрын
Thought it was Matt does fitness in the thumbnail
@allanhowe6933
3 ай бұрын
Anyone else wondering if Fred asked her for a date? Or at least for her facebook?
@01001Wintermute
3 ай бұрын
I'm willing to bet there is a large number of wargaming tables have been built in that facility.... Nerds get everywhere.
@KuntoHarjadjiBaiquni
3 ай бұрын
parla italiano?
@herbtarlic892
3 ай бұрын
You suggest the average person doesn't even think of a facility like this. They will be forced to as we move into a future where buildings are taller and taller. I live in Toronto and wind tunnel labs cross my mind every time I have to walk downtown, buffeted by gale force winds from structures that all stake holders guarantee will create nothing more than a light breeze. I guess they all drank the kool-aid. because pedestrians are being injured after beind blown into the street or against walls. You can poke all the holes in those behemoths you want, you can install mass dampers on every floor. They do NOTHING to prevent injurious winds from knocking people down. Does anyone care about this minor annoyance? Clearly, rampant capitalism is doing fine and that's all that matters. The average person is always the last consideration.
@herbtarlic892
3 ай бұрын
You can't make this stuff up! I have just got in from walking along Bloor St.There was a sudden gust of wind just as l approached Yonge St., where "The One", a new supertall is going up. I was pulling my empty folding grocery buggy. It is lined with canvas which l forgot, makes a great sail. The gust of wind wrenched it out of my hand, flinging it against the hoarding around the skyscraper. No one was hurt. Nothing to see here! A young man retrieved my grocery buggy and l continued home. You are responsible for all loose items to be tethered to your body.
@edyee1647
3 ай бұрын
@@herbtarlic892 Are you talking to yourself?
@benmcreynolds8581
3 ай бұрын
I'll admit that I've always been impressed with our ability to build these BUT I kinda wish we didn't bother building sky scrapers. I'd rather we invested efforts into building different types of structures. I don't see the interest in the limitations of skyscrapers. Everything is jammed into a single extremely tall building with basically one way in and out of that building.. Even from a investor or owner perspective I don't see the appeal.. Even rich individuals who own a luxury suite.. I don't understand why they would want to spend all that to be stuck in a singular area way up, all crammed around a bunch of other people, having to move all your stuff, no yard, etc. Why would someone choose that over getting their own house that has a forest and a creek in the backyard or a beach.. Etc. We are even seeing the commercial sector and the work force is struggling to be able to afford physical locations in expensive skyscraper buildings like this nowadays.. It's just more fun to imagine what a place would be like if it wasn't filled with skyscrapers.. There are many other architectural designs that cities could be investing in.. Different layout styles. I'm not sure why we should keep mostly only building skyscraper type buildings everywhere.. Especially with the state of our economy and how our society is struggling to function..
@opoaotoroiocoko
7 күн бұрын
0:23 gross theatrics.
@djpalmer31
3 ай бұрын
As a Milton Keynes resident I never knew this place was on my doorstep, until now. Great video....and you can never have too many roundabouts 😉
@GamingGrenade1
3 ай бұрын
"This place will seriously blow you away" I see what you did there
@samfrain6623
3 ай бұрын
I quite liked the "uplifting career" pun. Very subtle!
@ibrahim-sj2cr
3 ай бұрын
@@samfrain6623 5:48 i searched the comments as soon as i heard "uplifting career"
@ryanwood93
3 ай бұрын
You finally found your biggest fan
@hateclub
3 ай бұрын
A good example of unintended wind effects is the Bridgwater Place building in Leeds, which caused wind to funnel past one specific section of road and ultimately one person died when a lorry blew over. Now they have wind deflectors in place by the road.
@GeekyMedia
3 ай бұрын
Now you say it, I actually remember this happening. Shocking stuff
@morganspencer-churchill2136
3 ай бұрын
I would watch an hour long video of Fred attempting to eat different breads and pastries in a wind tunnel.
@TheB1M
3 ай бұрын
We're on it.
@tyler5914
2 ай бұрын
❤
@ivansanchez143
3 ай бұрын
"So by now ,you may be thinking that a carrer in wind engineering sounds pretty uplifting" 😂
@DoweyMITM
2 ай бұрын
Bet he said that with a straight face. 🤣🤣🤣
@LSmallCatL
3 ай бұрын
I'd be surprised if anyone in the construction industry wouldn't be familiar with RWDI. There aren't many options for wind tunnel testing around the world considering the required facility and associated costs. Smaller projects often go to Computational Fluid Dynamic software tools which are much cheaper and faster however lack the applied testing which you get from a wind tunnel test. Every project however has to consider wind loads in their structural calculation. One caveat however is to be considered. Different regions/ countries have different standards/ requirements which usually is based on the worst condition experienced since windspeeds were measured. Therefore, higher wind loads due to climate changes will fall into the applied safety factors which have to be rather higher than lower to avoid a sudden collapse of any structural if unprecedented conditions apply.
@SaintsAwayOllie
3 ай бұрын
11:06 good to see Haland getting involved with the Etihad stadium expansion!
@dcallan812
3 ай бұрын
I was blown away. 🤣🤣👍👍Gustave Eiffel built his own wind tunnel under the Eiffel tower
@Aeiroq
3 ай бұрын
Fred’ videos are of unparalleled quality
@jamiemc2456
3 ай бұрын
The amount of wind puns you made there in that brilliant segment actually made me laugh 😂 🌬️
@stevenlee3278
3 ай бұрын
Really enjoy watching your passion for engineering and building and human ingenuity!
@muadddib
3 ай бұрын
If a couple roundabouts are already too many, youll have a field day in the Netherlands haha
@pqlasmdhryeiw8
16 күн бұрын
The town of Milton Keynes is particularly famous for its roundabouts. I believe the super-roundabout is in MK. This would beat Rustig-aan-tIjsel any day.
@DomyTheMad420
3 ай бұрын
that guy's accent is far too understandable for working in the middle of the UK wtf xD
@CanMav
3 ай бұрын
I'm so sure they had to try very hard to convince you Fred, you looked like you had a blast 😉
@sledgehammer-productions
3 ай бұрын
What does B1M stand for? I couldn't find it in the FAQ on the website, so I'm thinking that maybe it's a well known acronym in the construction world (which I'm not part of, so I wouldn't know).
@Amm17ar
3 ай бұрын
As a great F1 driver once said. Simply Lovely.
@karengerhardt6008
3 ай бұрын
Fred looked like a kid in a candy shop. 😂 That was so awesome! I live in an area where they did not do this, and some days I literally can't walk between my building (22 stories) and the adjacent one (18 stories). We have our own wind tunnel, lol.
@905Speed
3 ай бұрын
there is NO such thing as far too many roundabouts... lol :)
@journeysoul
3 ай бұрын
Isn't there more then just one direction the wind can come from? how do they simulate turbulence and is it enough to build models out of plastic of foam to get significant data about the behavoir of the structure and its parts?
@d.b.cooper1
3 ай бұрын
Did they work on that skyscraper at Birdgewater Place in Leeds??
@the3md1
3 ай бұрын
The question is where is little rubber Godzilla to play with?
@photoo848
3 ай бұрын
02:18 Too many round abouts? Do I spy a USAmerican? :)
@markarmstrong2592
3 ай бұрын
Another great video again
@TheB1M
3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@D3Vlicious
3 ай бұрын
And that's not even the most high-tech place doing stuff with wind tunnels in Milton Keynes, considering Red Bull Racing is based there as well.
@bbkandsons
2 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed this one!
@NorthPoleSun
Ай бұрын
I wonder how they use different materials in the models to correlate with the different materials used in the actual structure.
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