A lot of people were blaming it on the beautiful innovative structure, the design of the Millennium Bridge itself, which was a radical design. But that is not true. |
But that is not true. |
It is always very striking and almost spooky because it is like order coming out of chaos. |
That's the phenomenon. Why did they all start moving in step? They did it unconsciously. That is what nobody had thought about and engineers did not anticipate. |
The people were resonating with the bridge, |
The people were resonating with the bridge. |
The phenomenon was that people who were walking at random, at their own favorite speed, not organized in any way, spontaneously synchronized, ... That's the phenomenon. Why did they all start moving in step? They did it unconsciously. That is what nobody had thought about and engineers did not anticipate. |
We think our theory will provide some guidance to help engineers avoid the problem. |