Re: [Phys-l] Tacoma Narrows

["Anthony Lapinski" <Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org>]

Thanks for this reference. Never knew about this.

"Marc \"Zeke\" Kossover" <zeke_kossover@yahoo.com> writes:
> An even more deadly architectural disaster is the collapse of the walkway
> in a Hyatt in Kansas City. The physics is easy to understand even for
> high school students and makes an excellent problem when studying
> tension. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse ;
>  
> Marc "Zeke" Kossover
>
> From: Anthony Lapinski <Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org>
> > To: phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
> > Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2011 5:31 PM
> > Subject: [Phys-l] Tacoma Narrows
> >
> > is the lead story on Yahoo News right now:
> >
> > http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/5-shocking-architectural-failures.html
> >
> > Interesting!
> >
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