House of Cards of Bridges (Collapse & Destruction) @KaiKostack

Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

You know these days when you ask yourself, how a house of cards made of steel truss bridges would look like in the real world? ;)

Simulation time: 1 hour
Render time: ~ 100 hrs

For technical details read the description of the earlier bridge video:
youtu.be/hxm7K2DzbQ4

Credits:

Simulation & video by Kai Kostack
kostackstudio.de

Made with Blender + Fracture Modifier
blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?343637-Custom-Build-Blender-Fracture-Modifier

City 3D scan by the Launceston City Council, Australia (CC BY 3.0)

Sound samples by
lwdickens and InspectorJ on Freesound.org,
WojtekND on YouTube

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House of Cards of Bridges (Collapse & Destruction)