Amazing display of questionable engineering

February 19, 2009

Here’s some astonishing video of “Gallopin’ Gertie” (the Tacoma Narrows Bridge) from November 7, 1940, just before the bridge was demolished by a gale.

Posted by Rob Spiegel on February 19, 2009 | Comments (4)

October 22, 2009

In response to: Amazing display of questionable engineering
dualframes commented:

Mr. Speigel; here's your answer to my question:
"Installed flexible continuous steel Structural Strap-Nets and Extensions uniformly conserve movement and momentum of reinforced building and structure frame bodies, components, and connections."
You can see some action shots on this new structural reinforcing method at YouTube, Channel eggster7, and my website, Tor-Eggs-Tor Design Solutions.

April 15, 2009

In response to: Amazing display of questionable engineering
dualframes commented:

Mr. Spiegel,
What doyou think is missing in the structural assemblage of this and all bridges, that allows these types of reactions to occur?

March 5, 2009

In response to: Amazing display of questionable engineering
Jim Brown, Tech-Clarity commented:

What a classic clip!
It was watching this clip in Engineering school (for probably the 10th time) that made me decide that maybe my career in Engineering was not in the public's best interest - so I went into management consulting and enterprise systems...

March 5, 2009

In response to: Amazing display of questionable engineering
Jim Brown, Tech-Clarity commented:

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