300k airplanes in five years(construction-physics.com)

339 points by juliangamble 2 years ago | 494 comments

Construction Physics essay by Brian Potter on how the US ramped up aircraft manufacturing to build about 300,000 airplanes during World War II.

Why it's so hard to build a jet engine(construction-physics.com)

411 points by mhb 1 year ago | 198 comments

A Construction Physics essay by Brian Potter explaining why designing and manufacturing jet engines is so difficult.

An engineering history of the Manhattan Project(construction-physics.com)

127 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 65 comments

How Washington DC Got Its Metro(construction-physics.com)

50 points by vwoolf 3 years ago | 30 comments

Why the U.S. can't build icebreaking ships(construction-physics.com)

208 points by chmaynard 2 years ago | 252 comments

How an oil refinery works(construction-physics.com)

503 points by chmaynard 5 months ago | 175 comments

A Construction Physics article by Brian Potter explaining how oil refineries process crude oil into fuels and other products.