bridge that folded into a ribbon shape

[shadylane]

anybody know of that bridge that folded into a ribbon due to strong winds and it trapped a person in it? i've been trying to look for the name of that bridge

[jmcc]

Folded into a ribbon? I'd be interested in this one too. The only wind related bridge thing I know of is Tacoma Narrows bridge collapsing.

[LV-426RS]

The Tacoma Bridge. Not sure it went all the way into a ribbon shape. If so they didn't tell me that part in school.
http://www.theharrowgroup.com/articles/20020513/TacomaBridge.gif

[LV-426RS]

there's a video of it here. Most of the video's I found were about 5 seconds, this one is a few minutes. Not very good quality though.
http://www.camguys.com/bridgeclpse.3.html

Another shorter, but better one, scroll to the bottom
http://www.physics.bcit.ca/netshow/index.shtml

[daphatty]

:shock:

[jmcc]

For more information, check your local Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge

[FriskyTanuki]

That bridge didn't fold into a ribbon, it just wobbled and then fell apart because of bad design.

[xzafixz]

I remember watching this video in one of my shop classes in high school, pretty scary stuff.

[GuilewasNK]

Interesting vid. I had seen this before on TV.

[Tromack]

And that my friends is why Linear Algebra kicks ass. They should have taken into account that in a system of equations describing the forces acting on the bridge, there was a a null space. A null space equals bad stuff.

[hiccupleftovers]

I've seen this one before.

[sblymnlcrymnl]

They have that video playing over at Science City in St. Louis. It's right there at the entrance to the walkway between buildings, which passes over a highway if I remember correctly. I guess they like scaring the shit out of little kids and making the parents deal with it.

[shadylane]

thats why i needed the video because of trig class thanks!

[pimp tyranny]

lol

[Moxio]

I've heard of this before. Interesting stuff.

[Dok Diamond]

hmm, ive never heard of this before.