On its opening day, the London Millennium Bridge experienced unexpected swaying due to the large number of people crossing it. A new study finally explains the Millennium Bridge 'wobble' by looking at ...

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Steve Strogatz has a penchant for things that happen in unison. So when the Cornell University professor of theoretical and applied mechanics (and author of the 2003 book "Sync: The ...

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Engineers for London’s £18m Millennium Bridge have finally worked out how crowds of pedestrians made it wobble so alarmingly on its opening day. The answer is a simple relationship. As the bridge ...

A natural phenomenon rather than a design fault caused London's Millennium Bridge to wobble and sway, forcing its closure just two days after opening in 2000. The elegant pedestrian walkway was ...

Some bridges could really put a swing in your step. Crowds walking on a bridge can cause it to sway — sometimes dangerously. Using improved simulations to represent how people walk, scientists have ...

When London’s Millennium Footbridge opened 18 years ago, the 1,066-foot span swayed so badly it was closed almost immediately. Ever since, engineers who study human locomotion have puzzled over a ...