'Galloping Gertie': Looking back at the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse
Thursday marks the 84th anniversary of when the Tacoma Narrows Bridge infamously collapsed due to strong winds in 1940. The ...
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Why the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapsed
The case of the Tacoma Narrows bridge is a well-known cautionary tale ... vortex shedding and aeroelastic flutter contributed to the failure. When you push the envelope, you have to be vigilant ...
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (1940)
In 1998, The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically ...
What should Tacoma’s newest bridge look like? And where should it be built?
In a city of famous bridges, Parks Tacoma wants to know where its next mini-iconic bridge should go. The agency wants to ...
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Was it wind? How a bridge’s failure may shed light on fatal Boise Airport hangar collapse
We need an in-depth investigation to see what caused the failure.” Wind caused 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse Ibrahim and Yang Lu, an associate professor of civil engineering at Boise State ...