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Uploaded by on Jul 16, 2007

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge nicknamed Galloping Gertie collapsed due to vibration caused by high winds. The suspension bridge on Puget Sound had only been open to traffic for a few months.

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  • nothin' some duct tape can't fix

  • It just needs a paint job.

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  • @ryankO0sh you watched minute physics bitch.. & you didnt even give credit to the source

  • GUYS. THE BRIDGE WAS NOT RESONATING. understand that the bridge was forced to the side by the wind. then gravity brought it swinging the other way, giving the wind more surface area to push on. from there the swinging elevated until the bridge couldn't handle it anymore. the phenomenon is called aeroelastic flutter, not resonance, which would indicate the bridge was vibrating, which it wasn't. vibration is directional, the flutter was omnidirectional, hence the difference.

  • @robbiejacknazza resonance...

  • did anyone watch minute physics? it didnt collapse because of vibrations, but because of aeroelastic flutter

  • watch this 58 sec - video from Volgograd, Russia

    /watch?v=YXUiwFmSRio

  • haha a little bundo and primer

  • A much better and more familiar example is a swing; by pushing with a small force at the natural frequency, you can make a person go very high.

  • Fatally injured, what a P.C way to say killed.

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