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Difficulty	8
Time required	Very Long (several weeks to months)

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Abstract

• Ketchum, M., 2000. "Mark Ketchum's Bridge Collapse Page," [accessed February 16, 2006] http://www.ketchum.org/bridgecollapse.html.
• Doole, S. and A. Champneys, date unknown. "Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster," Bristol Centre for Applied Nonlinear Mathematics, University of Bristol [accessed February 16, 2006] http://www.enm.bris.ac.uk/research/nonlinear/tacoma/tacoma.html.

Variations

• For more science project ideas in this area of science, see Aerodynamics & Hydrodynamics Project Ideas.

Last edit date: 2006-12-11 18:56:14

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