Structurae

Relevant Web Sites

• Bernd nebel: Desaster: Der Einsturz der Tacoma Narrows Bridge
• HAER: Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Spanning Narrows at State Route 16, Tacoma, Pierce, WA
• LCPC: Effondrement du pont de TACOMA (U.S.A.) le 7 novembre 1940
• Mark Ketchum: Bridge Collapse Page
• PBS: Building Big - Tacoma Narrows Bridge
• Planète TP: 1940, effondrement du pont de Tacoma
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) Failure (at Carleton Univ. Civil Eng. Dept.)
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge Project
• Underwater Atmospheric Systems: Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Relevant Publications

• Ammann, Othmar H. & von Kármán, Theodore The Failure of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Federal Works Agency, Washington (USA), 1941
• Billington, David P. History and Esthetics in Suspension Bridges, in "Journal of the Structural Division (ASCE)", August 1977 v. 103
• Brown, David J. Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 106-107
• Dupré, Judith Brücken, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829004095, 1998; pp. 114-115
• Dupré, Judith Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), ISBN 1884822754, 1997; pp. 114-115
• Dupré, Judith Les ponts, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829004109; pp. 114-115
• Ewert, Sven Hängebrücken - Vergangenheit, Gegenwart, Zukunft, in "Stahlbau", May 2000, n. 5 v. 69
• Hobbs, Richard S. Catastrophe to Triumph, Washington State University Press, Seattle (USA), ISBN 0874222893
• Jackson, Donald C. Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 327-328
• Ketchum, Mark A. & Cheng, Kwong M. Seismic analysis and behavior of three major western-U.S. suspension bridges (San Francisco-Oakland West Bay Crossing, Golden Gate Bridge, Tacoma Narrows Bridge), presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
• Larsen, Allan Aerodynamics of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge - 60 Years Later, in "Structural Engineering International", November 2000, n. 4 v. 10
• Petroski, Henry Engineers of Dreams, Vintage Books, New York (USA), ISBN 0679730210, 1995; pp. 294-308
• Petroski, Henry Design Paradigms, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (United Kingdom), ISBN 0521466490, 1994; pp. 156-162
• Petroski, Henry To Engineer Is Human (1^st edition), Vintage Books, New York (USA), ISBN 0679734163, 1985; pp. 164-168
• Prade, Marcel Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 150-151
• Scott, Richard In the Wake of Tacoma, ASCE Press, Reston (USA), ISBN 0-7844-0542-5, 2001
• Torres Arcila, Martha Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 30-33
• Wittfoht, Hans Buiding bridges, Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany), ISBN 3764001763, 1984