IntroductionAn important element of an engineer's job is having the ability to respond to a need by building or creating a device or structure to serve a certain purpose. It is important that this device is able to perform its purpose without failure since it will deal with people's lives and therefore maximum safety is necessary. However, sooner or later everything has to fail in some way, for example, a failure in maintenance or a failure of the structure. This is why a failure analysis is important to an engineer's work. A failure analysis is the process of collecting data and analyzing it to determine the cause of the failure and then applying this knowledge to further prevent future occurrences and/or to improve the performance of the device. , component or structure. From an engineering point of view, this is very important as it allows engineers to understand and learn from past failures in engineering, and using this newly acquired knowledge, they are able to build a better design that will reduce the failure rate and improve the safety factor. inside the device, components of the structure. In this failure analysis report the chosen topic that will be addressed is the engineering failure of the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge in the US state of Washington, which collapsed in November 1940 due to its non-streamlined structural design, which caused the phenomenon called aeroelastic flutter. The report will address what type of failure the 1940 Tacoma Narrow Bridge is classified as and strategies to mitigate the problem. The report will also discuss the reason for its failure and the implications it had on financial and social aspects, and through the analysis of the failure, how engineers and scientists were able to identify the problem and… middle of paper. ... ..(Accessed: April 15, 2014)[9] “Bridge Collapse Cases/Tacoma Narrows,” (MatDL], [online] 2011, http://matdl.org/failurecases/Bridge_Collapse_Cases/Tacoma_Narrows (Accessed: 15 April 2014) [10] “Success: Creation the Narrows Bridge 1937-1940”, (Tacoma Narrows Bridge 1937-1940), [online] 2005, http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/tnbhistory/connections/connections2. htm (accessed: April 15, 2014)[11] “Aftermath – Engineering Challenge and the Rise of a New Bridge,” (Tacoma Narrows Bridge), [online] 2005, http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/tnbhistory/ machine/machine4 .htm (accessed April 15, 2014)[12] “Lesson From the Failure of a Great Machine,” (Tacoma Narrows Bridge), [online] 2005, http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ tnbhistory/machine/ machine3.htm (accessed April 15, 2014) Note: • Grammar check and plagiarism check • Cover page • Convert to PDF and attach to cover page