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Re: Midterm Question - Sort of

Sam Held writes:
-----Original Message-----
From: Samuel Held [mailto:Held@RHIP.PHYS.UTK.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 1:22 PM
To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
Subject: Re: Midterm Question - Sort of


The problem with the Tacoma Narrows was that it was
a suspension bridge and your example is sorta of what I was trying to
explain. I neglected the fluid dynamics though. NB: this incident lead
to mandatory wind tunnel testing of models of all new bridges. All over
the loss of one dog.


Gee, Sam - I thought we lost the bridge, too!


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