Reminded me of the design flaw of the Millennium Bridge in London, where the engineers accounted for all resonance modes but one, the one that can be caused by

Reminded me of the design flaw of the Millennium Bridge in London, where the engineers accounted for all resonance modes but one, the one that can be caused by pedestrians: > Resonant vibrational modes due to vertical loads (such as trains, traffic, pedestrians) and wind loads are well understood in bridge design. In the case of the Millennium Bridge, because the lateral motion caused the pedestrians loading the bridge to directly participate with the bridge, the vibrational modes had not been anticipated by the designers. The crucial point is that when the bridge lurches to one side, the pedestrians must adjust to keep from falling over, and they all do this at exactly the same time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Bridge_(London) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Bridge_(London)