Analyzing the Citicorp Tower: A Structural Engineering Deep Dive

In this video, we take a comprehensive look at the structural design of the Citicorp Center in New York City. This deep dive explores the technical details, engineering principles, and load calculations behind the building’s unique structure and the critical design flaw involving wind loads on the diagonal braces. Be sure to check out Veritasium’s excellent overview of the Citicorp case (watch here:    • How A Student's Question Saved This NYC Sk...  ! Chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:48 Gravity Load Analysis 12:59 Wind Load Analysis 23:35 Diagonal Winds 29:03 Overturning Case #CiticorpCenter #StructuralEngineering #EngineeringFails #Architecture #CivilEngineering #Skyscrapers #Veritasium #EngineeringCaseStudy #CitigroupCenter