巨无霸机械工程

简介： Massivemachinesrequireengineeringextremes.　　Themassiveman-madesatellite,commonlyknownastheInternationalSpaceStation,hurtlingaroundtheEarthat27,600kmanhour,hasbeenatemporaryhomeforhumansforthelast20years.Thebiggestlandvehicleonearth,abucketexcavatortitledBagger293,thatcanmove240,000cubicmetersofdirteachday.Innovationhasalwaysmeantbuildingbigger,faster,taller,longerandstrongerthananythingthatcamebefore.We’veseenthemindramaticvisualfashion.Buthowdotheseactuallywork?Whatsetseachmachineapart.Whatbigideasdroveitsevolutionandwhatlimitationsdidthismachineovercome?Whatforceswasitbuilttowithstandandwhereisthebreakingpoint?UsingCGIandexpertinsights,we‘stripdown’thedesignofsomeoftheworld’suniquecolossalmachinesandrevealmechanicalsecretsthatnotonlymadethemwork,butalsochangedtheworldinabigway!　　Eachepisodeexploresfourincrediblemachines,linkedthematically.Fromseaandspacefaringdesigns,tomegaairborne,miningandindustrialmachines,we’llbreakdownwhattheycandoaswellaskeyinnermechanicsandmaterialsthatmakeitallpossible.Dynamicarchivalfootagefeaturing;slowmotion,aerials,andtime-lapsesgetuspastthe‘caution’tapeandupcloseandpersonalwiththesecompoundmonsters.CGIprovidesbreakoutsandblueprintsandalookathiddenmechanisms.Addingexpertiseofstructural,mechanical,chemicalandforensicengineerstohelprevealwhat’satstakewhenthesecolossalconstructionsareputwork,andhowallthepiecescometogethertomakeabigimpact.　　EPISODES:　　S1E1SeaMonsters　　S1E2AstronomicalEngineering　　S1E3ThereBeDragons　　S1E4Sub-ZeroSupermachines　　S1E5EarthBiters　　S1E6MammothManufacturing