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Resonance can cause bridges to collapse.

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8 sources for · 2 against

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Is it true that resonance can cause bridges to collapse?

Yes. Reference works state that mechanical resonance can cause catastrophic failure of bridges, and several sources attribute specific bridge collapses (Broughton, Angers, Tacoma Narrows) to resonance. Other sources argue the Tacoma Narrows failure was aeroelastic flutter rather than resonance, but they do not deny that resonance can cause bridges to collapse.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 8 sources for, 2 against · Last checked

Evidence for · 8
Resonance
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Resonance. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resonance

Evidence against · 2
Resonance, Tacoma Narrows bridge failure, and undergraduate physics textbooks
1991
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Billah, K. Y. & Scanlan, R. H. (1991). Resonance, Tacoma Narrows bridge failure, and undergraduate physics textbooks. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16590

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Mechanical resonance
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Mechanical resonance. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_resonance

Can soldiers marching at the right frequency realistically cause a bridge to break?
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Can soldiers marching at the right frequency realistically cause a bridge to break?. (n.d.). physics.stackexchange.com. https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/72482

Investigating the flow around obstacles near the surface with different cross sections considering the resonance phenomenon- Application in suspension bridges
2025
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Heydari, A., Gharib, M. R., & Delarami, A. (2025). Investigating the flow around obstacles near the surface with different cross sections considering the resonance phenomenon- Application in suspension bridges. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.106888

Theoretical and numerical decay results of a viscoelastic suspension bridge with variable exponents nonlinearity
2023
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Theoretical and numerical decay results of a viscoelastic suspension bridge with variable exponents nonlinearity. (2023). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1002/mana.202200338

Stability of a suspension bridge with a localized structural damping
2022
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Stability of a suspension bridge with a localized structural damping. (2022). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3934/dcdss.2021089

What would happen if the boundary value for $u_{tt}=a^2u_{xx}$ is that $u|_{x=0}=0$ and $u|_{x=l}=\sin\frac{n\pi a}lt$
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What would happen if the boundary value for $u_{tt}=a^2u_{xx}$ is that $u|_{x=0}=0$ and $u|_{x=l}=\sin\frac{n\pi a}lt$. (n.d.). math.stackexchange.com. https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3220661

Viscous Dampers on Suspension Bridges
2023
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Nasim, S. M. (2023). Viscous Dampers on Suspension Bridges. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7877459

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The demise of the Tacoma Narrows bridge was casused by aeroelastic flutter. But isn't that just a special case of resonance?
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The demise of the Tacoma Narrows bridge was casused by aeroelastic flutter. But isn't that just a special case of resonance?. (n.d.). physics.stackexchange.com. https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/173085

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