As components of an automobile chassis, struts can be passive braces to reinforce the chassis and/or body, or active components of the suspension.
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses due to high winds on this day in 1940. Fortunately, only a dog was killed. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was built in Washington during the 1930s and opened to traffic on July 1, 1940.It spanned the Puget Sound from Gig Harbor to Tacoma, which is 40 miles south of Seattle.The channel is about a mile wide where the bridge crossed the sound.he Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses due to high winds on this day in 1940. Fortunately, only a dog was killed. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was built in Washington during the 1930s and opened to traffic on July 1, 1940.
3) Overload was the second largest reason for major bridge failure in the US. 4) âStruckâ was a minor problem of major bridge failure in the International region, and important in Europe. 5) Worldwide, overload was the biggest cause of major bridge failure at nine incidents. 6) Worldwide, collapse during construction was the second biggest cause of major bridge failure at nine incidents. 7) The âstruckâ cause was third in the US study of all bridge events from 1989 to 2000.