Mumbai: Metro bridge collapses near Andheri

In Mumbai, a section of a metro bridge that was under construction in suburban Andheri has collapsed. Eight people are reported injured after a 50-metre section of the Andheri-Ghatkopar bridge, a major project, came crashing down around 4.30 this evening.

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge nicknamed Galloping Gertie collapsed due to vibration caused by high winds. The suspension bridge on Puget Sound had only been open to traffic for a few months. www.itnsource.com

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25 Responses to “Mumbai: Metro bridge collapses near Andheri”
  1. RandomAnomymous says:

    It? just needs a blow job.

  2. RandomAnomymous says:

    It just needs a blow? job.

  3. pinkfloydfan111 says:

    The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was destroyed because the vibration? frequencies of wind blowing through the bridge matched the natural frequency of the bridge.

  4. jkennedy561 says:

    1. Vibration is not necessarily directional. 2. If flutter? actually worked how you describe it then it is not omnidirectional. 3. The bridge did resonate, self-induced by aeroelastic flutter. 4. The bridge was most definitely vibrating – to suggest otherwise is inconceivable.

  5. ThePelikanala says:

    maanaatti?

  6. jjsit333 says:

    you watched minute physics bitch.. & you didnt even give credit? to the source

  7. Ryan Karbett says:

    GUYS. THE BRIDGE WAS NOT RESONATING. understand that the bridge was forced to the side by the wind. then gravity brought it swinging the other way, giving the wind more surface area to push on. from there the swinging elevated until the bridge couldn’t? handle it anymore. the phenomenon is called aeroelastic flutter, not resonance, which would indicate the bridge was vibrating, which it wasn’t. vibration is directional, the flutter was omnidirectional, hence the difference.

  8. khalhana says:

    resonance…?

  9. 95AEME says:

    did anyone watch minute physics? it didnt collapse because of vibrations,? but because of aeroelastic flutter

  10. 74project says:

    nothin’? some duct tape can’t fix

  11. 643527145651 says:

    watch this 58 sec – video from Volgograd, Russia
    /watch?v=YXUiwFmSRio?

  12. aselivanov1 says:

    haha a little bundo? and primer

  13. gblargg says:

    A much better and more familiar example is? a swing; by pushing with a small force at the natural frequency, you can make a person go very high.

  14. loveablemoggy says:

    Fatally injured, what a P.C? way to say killed.

  15. rob599999 says:

    It? just needs a paint job.

  16. robbiejacknazza says:

    yeah, evetyhing gives off a frequency and when it becomes equal, it does? this and vibrates, hense how people can break glasses by singing.

  17. jcroldan89 says:

    by dancing?

  18. dciuz says:

    I’m sorry but my Vibration’s course’s Professor said that it’s not correct speaking about resonance. I’m Italian, where are you from? Tomorrow? I’ll speak to my professor again and I’ll ask for a rightly motivation

  19. AnnieRoxx says:

    Sorry,my physics? book says it,and I learned it last week at school..:-) Probably I couldnt wrote it down perfectly here.

  20. dciuz says:

    It is not possible resonance, because it is impossible? that the frequency of the wind is the same of that of the bridge. There is no wind whit just a frequency.

  21. AnnieRoxx says:

    Its because of the resonance..the wind? is blowing,and its having an effect on the bridge..the frequencies are equal. Hope u understand,sry for my english. 🙂 :-$

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  23. conventelite says:

    lol how? does a bridge do that?

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  25. 007longbeach says:

    We love our wind in Washington. The next bridge will be the Astoria OR to Magler Washington. That bridge? has some bad rust!

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