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| Why do torsional oscillations appear suddenly in a suspension bridge? We give an answer to this long-standing question by analyzing a suitable mathematical model for suspension bridges named fish-bone model. More precisely, we obtain both theoretical and numerical estimates of the thresholds of the torsional instability. Our method is based on a finite dimensional projection of the phase space which reduces the stability analysis of the model to the stability of suitable Hill equations. |
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