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To: SomeCallMeTim

Wasn’t the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge in 1940 blamed on resonance?


1,366 posted on 08/01/2007 7:47:50 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Jedidah

Yes....it was. Harmonic resonance that did in the Tacoma Narrows bridge....

I don’t know if that’s what happened here... I’ve heard the train beneath it was causing a lot of vibration as well..

It could well be that chemical forces are the culprit here though... there are, today, some reports of know corrosion.

This will be a very interesting investigation..


2,255 posted on 08/02/2007 3:49:05 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim
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