Mark Ketchum's Bridge Aerodynamics Page
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Description: A discussion of bridge aerodynamics, with particular emphasis on suspension bridges and the Tacoma Narrows disaster of 1940.
Mark Ketchum's Bridge Aerodynamics Page The science of bridge aerodynamics was born after the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapsed in a moderate wind storm in 1940. The Tacoma experience taught engineers that wind causes not only static loads on the bridge, but also significant dynamic actions.
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| Page title: | Mark Ketchum's Bridge Aerodynamics Page |
| Keywords: | Bridge, Wind, Aerodynamics, Flutter, Buffeting, Tacoma, Narrows, Disaster, Collapse, Analysis, Steel, Plate, Girder, Collapse, Failure, OPAC, Engineering, Structural, Scanlan |
| Description: | A discussion of bridge aerodynamics, with particular emphasis on suspension bridges and the Tacoma Narrows disaster of 1940. |
| IP-address: | 69.89.22.140 |