The Tacoma Narrows Bridge: Structural Failure Research
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51483/IJAIML.6.11s.2026.613-621Keywords:
Tacoma Narrows Bridge, structural failure, aeroelastic flutter, suspension bridge, vortex shedding, finite element analysisAbstract
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is one of the worst (and most famous) structural engineering failures. After being completed in 1940, the bridge suffered a collapse after four months due to flutter from the winds. The report covers accident causes, e.g. management causes, design and construction causes, describes the collapse mechanism, and modern technology could have prevented an accident.
