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 ...

Engineers are using lessons learned from London’s Millennium Bridge, notorious for wobbling on its opening day, to prevent an unwelcome repeat situation on a slender, curved new cable-stayed structure ...

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 ...

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 ...

Crowds Walking Can Make A Bridge Sway A study in the Proceedings of the Royal Society explains why thousands of tourists were able to make the London Millennium Bridge sway on its opening day in 2000.

A quarter of a century after it opened and promptly closed, London's Millennium Bridge is marking its 25th anniversary. The footbridge, which spans the Thames between St Paul's Cathedral and the Tate ...

In 2000, the London Millennium Bridge began to sway on its opening day as thousands of pedestrians crossed it and the $32 million bridge had to be closed. In 2003, the Clifton Suspension Bridge in ...

London’s Millennium Bridge is notorious for its “wobble” when it first opened in June 2000, as thousands of pedestrians streamed across. Londoners nicknamed it “Wobbly Bridge.” The accepted ...