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Built to Fail: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster: Why Engineers Shouldn't Design for Wind by Guessing
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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
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...
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