13-25 Gianni Arioli, Filippo Gazzola

A new mathematical explanation of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse (7140K, latex with png, pdf and jpg figures) Mar 22, 13

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Abstract. The spectacular collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which occurred in 1940, has attracted the attention of engineers, physicists, and mathematicians in the last 70 years. There have been many attempts to explain this amazing event. Nevertheless, none of these attempts gives a satisfactory and universally accepted explanation of the phenomena visible the day of the collapse. The purpose of the present paper is to suggest a new mathematical model for the study of the dynamical behavior of suspension bridges which provides a realistic explanation of the Tacoma collapse.

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