The failure of the Tacoma Bridge: A physical model

DOI10.1119/1.2201854zbMath1219.74013OpenAlexW2025722036MaRDI QIDQ3088583

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Publication date: 19 August 2011

Published in: American Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2201854

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vibrations in dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H45) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10)

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