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.
Minnesota officials were warned as early as 1990 that the bridge that collapsed into the Mississippi River was structurally deficient, yet they relied on patchwork repairs and stepped-up inspections that unraveled amid a thunderous plunge of concrete and automobiles.ne of these four arches that they had in this bridge -- if one member of one of these four arches cracks, the bridge is gone. So it is not one of the very resilient systems, said Astaneh. Another expert says corrosion is also major problem. Gene Corley is an expert on why bridges and buildings collapse.