Why Don't Liquid Trucks Use Rectangular Tanks?
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Why are liquid transport trucks round instead of rectangular? 🚛 At first, a box-shaped tank seems like the smarter design. It could hold plenty of liquid and make better use of space. But there's a hidden engineering reason why tankers carrying gasoline, milk, and other liquids have those distinctive rounded tanks. Timestamps 00:03 Introduction 00:56 A Short History of Tanker Trucks 02:00 Why Not Build a Giant Metal Box? 03:31 The Real Reason They're Round 05:02 The Hidden Problem Inside a Tanker 06:17 Why Different Tankers Have Different Shapes 07:24 The Engineering Behind the Curves #HistoryOfSimpleThings #Engineering #TankerTrucks #MechanicalEngineering #Physics #EverydayScience #Transportation #EngineeringExplained #HowThingsWork #Curiosity
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