New models serve as "crash test dummies" to safeguard against dangerous bridge wobbling

Georgia State University researchers have found a potential safeguard against dangerous wobbling of pedestrian bridges. The key factors: biomechanically inspired models of pedestrian response to bridge motion and a mathematical formula to estimate the critical crowd size at which bridge wobbling ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - December 6, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: video