Video: Crushing a Concrete Cylinder

What do you do if you have access to a mechanical press (scientifically described as “ginormous”) that can apply three million pounds (!) of pressure? If you’re the University of Illinois, you hold an open house and demonstrate your press with the aid of a concrete cylinder, for fun and profit, one assumes.

[youtube width=”640″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfVvzjVzeE0[/youtube]

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