Re: Midterm Question - Sort of

[brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

At 13:21 7/7/99 -0400, Sam Held wrote:
> Paul,
>        Good catch.  The problem with the Tacoma Narrows was that it was
> a suspension bridge and your example is sorta of what I was trying to
> explain.  I neglected the fluid dynamics though.  NB: this incident lead
> to mandatory wind tunnel testing of models of all new bridges.  All over
> the loss of one dog.
>
> Sam Held

I hear the Tacoma Narrows still gallops from time to time, the roadway
beef up notwithstanding.



brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK