How Seawater Sabotages Ships: Crash Course Engineering #43

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This week we’re headed out to sea for some marine engineering. How do we design ships to handle aquatic environments? How do we deal with marine life and corrosion and all of the other problems that come with engineering in the ocean? How can large maritime structures be built on land and transferred into water? Crash Course Engineering is produced in association with PBS Digital Studios: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1mtdjDVOoOqJzeaJAV15Tq0tZ1vKj7ZV Subscribe to Eons: https://www.youtube.com/eons *** RESOURCES: http://www.ics-shipping.org/shipping-facts/shipping-and-world-trade http://marinenotes.blogspot.com/2012/06/watertight-doorstests-of-watertight.html https://www.iims.org.uk/introduction-propeller-cavitation/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON_irzFAU9c https://www.marineinsight.com/tech/understanding-sacrificial-anodes-on-ships/ http://www.harsonic.com/harsonic-boats/hull-fouling-is-highest-for-boats-that-remain-stationary/ https://wyss.harvard.edu/barnacles-and-mussels-wont-stick-to-boats-with-this-fully-slippery-coating/ http://www.olds.com.au/marine/terminology.html https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/15/tech/ocean-cleanup-project/index.html https://products.damen.com/en/ranges/modular-offshore-unit-drydock/modular-offshore-unit-drydock-120120 https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/201626/secret-screws/ http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/subs/anglesdangles/taming.html *** Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Thanks to the following patrons for their generous monthly contributions that help keep Crash Course free for everyone forever: Eric Prestemon, Sam Buck, Mark Brouwer, Laura Busby, Zach Van Stanley, Bob Doye, Jennifer Killen, Naman Goel, Nathan Catchings, Brandon Westmoreland, dorsey, Indika Siriwardena, Kenneth F Penttinen, Trevin Beattie, Erika & Alexa Saur, Glenn Elliott, Justin Zingsheim, Jessica Wode, Tom Trval, Jason Saslow, Nathan Taylor, Brian Thomas Gossett, Khaled El Shalakany, SR Foxley, Yasenia Cruz, Eric Koslow, Caleb Weeks, Tim Curwick, D.A. Noe, Shawn Arnold, Malcolm Callis, William McGraw, Andrei Krishkevich, Rachel Bright, Jirat, Ian Dundore -- Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Tumblr - http://thecrashcourse.tumblr.com Support Crash Course on Patreon: http://patreon.com/crashcourse CC Kids: http://www.youtube.com/crashcoursekids


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