Dallas Little - “Simplicity Beyond Complexity” Engineering Solutions to Infrastructure Problems
Our national infrastructure is the backbone of our economy. In 2022 the U.S. spent almost $390 billion on the transportation infrastructure. Still the American Society of Civil Engineers gives it a grade of C-. An annual funding increase of about $260 billion is required to raise the grade to B. This presentation describes how I, as a materials engineer and professor, have encountered surprising problems with infrastructure materials and have borrowed from the lessons of giants in physics, chemistry, and engineering to find reasonable solutions. The first step is to establish the clear concept toward solution in the mind’s eye. The next step is to find the science that fits the concept. Finally, the challenge is to figure out how the concept meshes with the science – the hard part. To paraphrase Oliver Wendall Holmes, this is often the “simplicity that lies beyond complexity.” I shall discuss three examples of solutions to materials engineering problems on three big money projects on which I have consulted that had surprising solutions based on principles of physics and chemistry.
This lecture is part of the IHMC Evening Lecture series.
https://www.ihmc.us/life/evening_lectures/
Видео Dallas Little - “Simplicity Beyond Complexity” Engineering Solutions to Infrastructure Problems канала TheIHMC
This lecture is part of the IHMC Evening Lecture series.
https://www.ihmc.us/life/evening_lectures/
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