Alert icon
We're changing our privacy policy. This stuff matters.  Learn more  Dismiss

Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge - Galloping Gertie

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
25,687
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Oct 26, 2008

Watch the Bucking Bridge crash down into the cold Puget Sound water. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge completely collapses under stress from high winds !!
www.malibujoes.com

  • likes, 2 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:
see all

All Comments (27)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • poor dog

  • Dirt Jobs guy!

    

  • if u got out of a car with any living thing in it with the intention to abandon car for whatever reason wouldnt you take the living thing out of the car with you. it just doesnt make sense why he left his dog in the car...there is no excuse that would justify it

  • that must suck for the people who were about to board the bridge -.-

  • @ 1:49 a guy goes off the right side of the bridge. I thought the dog was the only fatality. Maybe he survived the fall?

  • @halfmaster1 Aerodynamics, yes but what aerodynamics? Aerodynamics is just a part of the field of General Mechanics. Resonance or flutter as someone else pointed out correctly is the ultimate cause. If anything can cause vibration on a bridge, as it is, anything could have caused the collapse. A truck provoking a vibration frequency equal to the resonance frequency of the bridge would have caused the bridge collapse without any wind at all

  • @naflodii Flutter is a self-feeding and potentially destructive vibration where aerodynamic forces on an object couple with a structure's natural mode of vibration to produce rapid periodic motion. Resonance is the tendency of a system to oscillate with larger amplitude at some frequencies than at others. The frequency with cause larger and larger amplitudes, until collapse, would be “flutter”. So basically are related terms. Yes, maybe “flutter” is more concise.

  • @adamsmith86 I heard it's aerodynamics caused low air pressure underneath it.

  • Al Queda attached a rope to this and was pulling at it. The rope cannot be seen with the naked eye, but that is what happended. Just believe and never ask questions of your government. Yes, Oswald killed JFK and a 580 degree fire melted 47 steel columns and turned WTC 1-2-7 into dust. You are not allowed to think for yourself in America. Government will think for you.

  • Mike Rowe? on History? This is blaspheme!!

    does anyone know if it would be a good idea to put a video of this in a project about Resonance and Bridge Design?

Loading...

0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more