In the Wake of Tacoma: Suspension Bridges and the Quest for Aerodynamic Stability

by Richard Scott

In the Wake of Tacoma is the first comprehensive treatment of the changes that the 1940 collapse of the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge has imposed on the design of suspension bridges. Written as a historical narrative, this heavily illustrated book describes design trends before the collapse, the collapse itself, and the investigations to determine its cause. The book then examines subsequent aerodynamic and other design developments and their application...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0784405425
• ISBN13: 9780784405420
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

In the Wake of Tacoma

Mr. Scott has portrayed the events surrounding the Wake of Tacoma with true intensity and enthusiasm enabling a person like myself, who does not understand the underlying engineering principles surrounding bridge building, to still appreciate the magnitude and essential drama that goes into such feats of construction. I would recommend this book highly to everyone who has driven accross a bridge and I would like to assume that this book would be found in a well read condition on the shelves of all architechure and engineering firms.