Hydraulics
home.wxs.nl/~brink494/frm_e.htm
English translation of a Dutch site by Rob van den Brink. Explains the basics of hydraulics and all types of pumps, etc. The English is a little broken but the animations tell all!

Fluid Power Net
www.fpni.net
Information about and links to worldwide research and industrial activities in the field of fluid power (hydraulics and pneumatics).

Fluid Power Web
www.fpweb.com
The internet site of the journal Hydraulics and Pneumatics.

The Roman Battering Ram
www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/
Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Aries.html
A short article on the ancient Greek and the ancient Roman battering ram (aries), with an illustration.

Battering ram
www.geo-metricks.com/geo-shop/rt-promo-htm/str/cast-pr/
prbatteram-pr.htm
Simple 3-D model of a battering ram (four views).

Controlled Demolition Group
www.controlled-demolition.co.uk
UK's biggest demolition company. Lots of information about explosives and demolition, with online digital footage of some of the company's most spectacular moments.

Institution of Structural Engineers
www.istructe.org.uk
Publications, news and services, including a useful online message board: post your engineering and construction questions or get in touch with someone grappling with the same problem as you. Scrapheap Demolition judge John Roberts is president of the Institution.

Institute of Explosives Engineers
www.iexpe.org
Information on the institute's aims, organisation and membership, as well as details of forthcoming events. John Faulkner, Scrapheap's special guest, is a member.

Professional Health and Safety Experts
www.healthandsafety.co.uk
Demolition needs to be safe! This site contains news, information on the Health & Safety Executive and their publications and an online service that promises a prompt response to any health & safety-related problem.

Caterpillar UK
www.cat.com
Major British firm selling excavating hardware.

Liebherr International
www.liebherr.com
Major German firm selling hydraulic excavators, construction cranes and other hardware. Scrapheap expert Steve Garfirth works for Liebherr.

National Power
www.national-power.com
Register on this site to get National Power's information service and press releases e-mailed directly to you. They also produce an e-mail newsletter with the latest developments within the energy industry. Steve Jack, a consultant on demolition for Scrapheap, works for National Power.

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