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Re: Midterm Question - Sort of

That is new to me (see below). I remember reading that wind gusts
nearly matched the natural frequency of the structure.
Ludwik Kowalski

Leigh Palmer wrote:.

On a related topic: It always bothers me when the Tacoma
Narrows Bridge collapse is cited as an example of resonance.
It's not. The wind was steady, more or less, and there was
no significant component at the bridge's resonant frequency.
It is a case of nearly pure DC excitation.