Posted by: Soup
« on: May 26, 2010, 05:46:39 PM »Not even a link?
These bots are getting sloppy.
These bots are getting sloppy.
The bridge across the Volga in Volgograd, closed May 20 because of strong fluctuations, will be reopened on Tuesday, May 25. This informs "Interfax" referring to the announcement by the Governor of the Volgograd region Anatoly Brovko.
Since Tuesday the bridge will be available for movement of passenger transport. Truck drivers will have to wait some time until the traffic safety will not be definitively confirmed.
The governor said that to check the design on the strength of welding seams of the bridge were examined by ultrasound, and later on it drove convoy trucks "Kamaz", loaded with gravel.
The city authorities plan to soon be installed on the bridge cutter wind to improve the aerodynamics of buildings. Since the opening of the bridge will be carried out round the clock monitoring of his designs. In the case of re-emergence of oscillations, the motion of the bridge be closed.
"dancing" in Volgograd bridge was put into operation about six months ago. It was closed to traffic May 20, 2010 due to strong fluctuations in the structure. In the basic version, the anomaly was associated with strong wind gusts that were in resonance with the internal vibrations of the bridge.
A special commission to find out the causes of fluctuations "dancing" of the bridge gave Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The responsible officer appointed Control Department under the President of Russia and the Prosecutor General's Office.