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Explosion near Grand Central Terminal
shardian:
--- Quote from: Samstag on August 03, 2007, 02:23:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: shardian on August 03, 2007, 01:02:35 pm ---It could have been much worse. I'm sure some of you have heard of this accident:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Bridge
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Which in turn is nothing compared to the Hyatt walkway collapse.
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I saw an engineering presentation on that one in my senior seminar class.
boykster:
Can't have a bridge collapse discussion without good old Galloping Gertie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge#Galloping_Gertie
Great example of natural frequencies in physics....
jbox:
--- Quote from: boykster on August 06, 2007, 07:34:45 pm ---Can't have a bridge collapse discussion without good old Galloping Gertie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge#Galloping_Gertie
Great example of natural frequencies in physics....
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It's not the same as watching it! :cheers:
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