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Episode 171 - Tacoma Narrows Bridge: In 1940 the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was opened and from the beginning it was not performing as expected. After having been open for just four months a stiff breeze triggered an extreme new lateral movement that was beyond the bridge's engineering limits. The c...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Derry, NH : Chip Taylor Communications, 2011.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash. : 1940)
Bridge failures.
Bridges > Design and construction.
Tacoma (Wash.)
Ponts > Conception et construction.
Bridge failures
Bridges > Design and construction
Washington (State) > Tacoma
Washington (State) > Tacoma > Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940)
documentary film.
Feature films
Documentary films
Short films
Short films.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Courts métrages.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Episode 171 - Tacoma Narrows Bridge: In 1940 the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was opened and from the beginning it was not performing as expected. After having been open for just four months a stiff breeze triggered an extreme new lateral movement that was beyond the bridge's engineering limits. The collapse was caused by a phenomenon, unknown at the time, called aero elastic flutter.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed May 14, 2019).
"A lesson on almost everything".
Physical Description:1 online resource (3 minutes)
Playing Time:00:02:32