The case of the Tacoma Narrows bridge is a well-known cautionary tale that’s discussed in engineering and physics classrooms across the world. Both resonance from vortex shedding and aeroelastic ...

This twisting stressed the bridge until the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed. By assuming no vertical movement from wind, the engineers didn’t study how parts of the bridge would flutter in the ...

This twisting stressed the bridge until the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed. This comes over a year after a deadly Central Texas bus crash. By assuming no vertical movement from wind ...