As components of an automobile chassis, struts can be passive braces to reinforce the chassis and/or body, or active components of the suspension.
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses due to high winds on this day in 1940. Fortunately, only a dog was killed. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was built in Washington during the 1930s and opened to traffic on July 1, 1940.It spanned the Puget Sound from Gig Harbor to Tacoma, which is 40 miles south of Seattle.The channel is about a mile wide where the bridge crossed the sound.he Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses due to high winds on this day in 1940. Fortunately, only a dog was killed. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was built in Washington during the 1930s and opened to traffic on July 1, 1940.
They can form a dam in the river, causing the water behind the dam to rise and flood the land upstream. If the dam breaks suddenly, then the large amount of water held behind the dam can flood the areas downstream too. Broken ice dams are not the only dam problems that can cause flooding. The ice in the river cracks causing the water to overflow. 2  The ice in the river cracks into pieces. 3  that eventually create a dam causing the water to overflow. 4  The water behind the ice dam collects and when the dam breaks, it causes flooding upstream.