Built to Fail: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster: Why Engineers Shouldn't Design for Wind by Guessing

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They called it "Galloping Gertie." Four months later, it was gone.

On November 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge twisted itself to death in a moderate wind-and changed engineering forever.

This wasn't an act of God. It was an act of arrogance.

Built to Fail reveals how a "prettier" design, ignored warnings, and mathematical shortcuts created one of history's most spectacular engineering disasters. Engineer and author Rick Stupart dissects the dead...