The Tacoma Narrows Bridge disaster serves as a powerful lesson in engineering and aerodynamics. The collapse on November 7, 1940, stands as one of the most dramatic and instructive engineering ...

Cable‐stayed bridges have emerged as emblematic feats of modern civil engineering, renowned for their aesthetic appeal and structural ingenuity. However, their dynamic behaviour under variable loads – ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A huge shipping vessel that collided with a major bridge in Baltimore has left numerous people missing and could cause significant ...

Bridge inspections are time-consuming, inefficient and often subjective processes that rely heavily on human judgment, leading to overlooked or underestimated structural problems or damage. A new ...

Everything went wrong in the exact worst way. For decades, countless ships sailed under the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Each one tacitly presented a threat, but rarely in reality: The vessels steered ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The cargo ship collision that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in ...

A Pittsburgh Regional Transit operator hurt when the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed under his bus more than two years ago filed a detailed lawsuit Thursday against the City of Pittsburgh and three ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Nicknamed “Galloping Gertie” for its tendency to bend and undulate, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge had just opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. In a now infamous failure, in the face of ...

Rhode Island Transportation Director Peter Alviti Jr. blamed private contractors − in full − for the failure of the westbound Washington Bridge while defending the state's near total reliance on ...

Bridges are the most important element in a surface transport network. Once built, they are extremely difficult to replace and it becomes challenging even to close them for a few days for essential ...