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RE: Forrester Research foresees death of firewalls
From: Doug Hughes <Doug.Hughes () Eng Auburn EDU>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 08:47:29 -0500 (CDT)
As for bridge building -- seeing that one bridge in WA turn into the largest physical example of a standing wave I've ever come across and subsequently tumble into whatever river it was spanning should be enough of a reason to justify putting a bit of thought into proper bridge design. If there are any engineers out there I'm sure they've seen the film I'm referring to :)
Tacoma Narrows. Classic film clip. Bouncing betty I believe they called her. Most films on the folly of human engineering have a clip on bouncing betty. Unfortunately the wind through the gap managed to vibrate the suspension of the bridge at its resonance frequency. Natural resonance is a dangerous thing: one of the reasons that marching infantry are forced to break step when crossing a bridge. Good thing firewalls don't have a resonance frequency or we'd all be in deep guano. -- DOug
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- RE: Forrester Research foresees death of firewalls sean . kelly (Jun 20)
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- RE: Forrester Research foresees death of firewalls Doug Hughes (Jun 22)
- FW: Forrester Research foresees death of firewalls Harvey Nusz (Jun 21)
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