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  2. List of bridge failures - Wikipedia

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    As workers were repairing a cable during maintenance work, a support cable snapped, causing the roadway to fall into the 50-metre-deep Mahakam River. Although poor maintenance, fatigue in the construction material of cable hanger, and the quality of material may have been the cause of the collapse, the exact cause remains unknown and undetermined.

  3. Parking brake - Wikipedia

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    In manual transmission vehicles, the parking brake is engaged to help keep the vehicle stationary while parked, especially if parked on an incline. [2] [3]While automatic transmission vehicles have a "Park" gear that immobilizes the transmission, it is still recommended to use the parking brake, as the parking pawl in the gearbox could fail due to stress or another vehicle striking the car ...

  4. Stresa–Mottarone cable car crash - Wikipedia

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    On 23 May 2021, an aerial tram on the Stresa–Alpino–Mottarone Cable Car crashed to the ground after a traction or haulage cable snapped about five metres (16 ft) from the summit of Mottarone, a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. Normally, a hydraulic safety brake would have stopped the runaway car immediately but the cable car ...

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    Last month, the Queensland Amusement Park in Chennai was ordered to suspend operations "indefinitely" after the free-fall attraction's cables snapped and dropped a group of riders 10 feet to the ...

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  7. Fatigue (material) - Wikipedia

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    The list continued to increase and at 18:53 the remaining anchor cable snapped and the rig turned upside down. A year later in March 1981, the investigative report [ 58 ] concluded that the rig collapsed owing to a fatigue crack in one of its six bracings (bracing D-6), which connected the collapsed D-leg to the rest of the rig.

  8. Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) - Wikipedia

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    attachment of tie-down cables to the plate girders, which were anchored to 50-ton concrete blocks on the shore. This measure proved ineffective, as the cables snapped shortly after installation. addition of a pair of inclined cable stays that connected the main cables to the bridge deck at mid-span. These remained in place until the collapse ...

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    Related: Lisa Kudrow Says the Friends Cast 'Worked Hard' to Become Tight-Knit: 'That Six-Way Relationship Took Some Work' "I had recently found the note that he had in it for me," Kudrow shared ...