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Gone with the wind

1. Explain why a chimney may collapse in strong wind.
2. Explain the destruction of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, depicted in the shown image sequence.

 

Contributed by Stavros Tavoularis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.

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