Tacoma Narrows Bridge


 

 

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Condition :   Good  
Principle :   Resonance 
Area of Study :  Acoustics 
Equipment :  
  • 1 VHS tape with a short and long version of Tacoma Narrows Bridge
  • 1 VHS tape labeled "Architectural Disasters - Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse."  
  • 2 - 16 mm films of Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse."
  • 1 video disc labeled, "The Puzzle of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse."
  • 1 film loop labeled, "The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse."
  • A set of 8-35 mm slides of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge before the collapse.
Procedure :   No advanced notice necessary.
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   Web Sites

History of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge:  http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/tnb/

 

A Short Tacoma Narrows Bridge Movie

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/physics/phys04/bresonan/tacoma.htm

 

 

 

   References

Bernard J. Feldman,  "What to Say About the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to Your Introductory Physics Class,"  TPT, p.  92, Vol. 41, # 2, (Feb 2003).

Albert Allen Bartlett, "Bridge Oscillations Reference," TPT, Vol. 41, # 5, May 2003, p. 261.

Harriet Slogoff and Bill Berner,  "A Simulation of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Oscillations,"  TPT, Vol. 38, # 7, p. 442, (Oct. 2000).

Joe Crnkovich, "More on Partial Credit", TPT, Vol. 16, # 2, p. 75, Feb. 1978.

Wallace A. Hilton, "Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse, a Demonstration", TPT, Vol. 15, # 3, Mar. 1977, p. 189.

 

Daniel Green, William G. Unruh, "The Failure of the Tacoma Bridge: A Physical Model", AJP, Vol. 74, # 8, Aug. 2006, p. 706.

 

4.84:  Jearl Walker, "Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse," The Flying Circus of Physics with Answers.

"Daring and Disastrous Spans,"  Technology, p. 266.

Nathan A. Unterman,  "The Rebuilt Tacoma Narrows Bridge."  


Mail Questions and Comments to:  Dale Stille