Epic Engineering Failures and the Lessons They Teach. Episode 9, Bridge Aerodynamics: Galloping Gertie
(2024, original release: 2022)
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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2022
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (40 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
15065560
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames
One of the most epic engineering failures in history was the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940. Nicknamed "Galloping Gertie," the bridge undulated so strongly that thrill-seekers came from all over just to drive across it. Explore the inherent structural inefficiency of the suspension bridge, and why this bridge failed spectacularly only four months after its opening
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Stephen Ressler
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2022
Mode of access: World Wide Web