The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is a one mile long bridge stretching over the Tacoma Narrows connecting Gig Harbor, Washington, to Tacoma. What essentially occurred was that the bridge oscillated in the wind due to a phenomenon known as mechanical resonance which quickly caused it to collapse and the whole event was caught on film: What [...]
Entries from February 2007
The Tacoma Narrows Catastrophe – Bad Engineering + Penny Pinching = Liquid Concrete!!
February 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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