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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455272703321

Titolo

Forensic engineering [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of the 4th congress, October 6-9, 2006, Cleveland, Ohio / / sponsored by Technical Council on Forensic Engineering (TCFE) of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by Paul A. Bosela, Norbert J. Delatte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2007

ISBN

0-7844-7156-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (657 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BoselaPaul A

DelatteNorbert J

Disciplina

624.1/71

Soggetti

Structural failures - Investigation

Forensic engineering

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Forensic Engineering Practice (Practitioner Track)""; ""Validity and Reliability of Forensic Engineering Methods and Processes""; ""Learning from the Past Experiences of Practicing Engineers""; ""Benchmarking Forensic Engineering Practice�A Philosophical Discussion""; ""Hurricanes, Earthquakes, and Natural Hazards I""; ""Returning Buildings Damaged by Hurricanes or Earthquakes to Pre-Damage Condition""; ""Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina""; ""Strategies for Damage Assessments and Emergency Response""; ""Residential Investigations (Practitioner Track)""

""Investigation into Brick Masonry and Concrete Foundation Wall Distress of a Single-Family Residence""""Forensic Investigation of a Patio Failure""; ""The Leaking Basement Epidemic�Causes, Cures and Consequences""; ""Structures I""; ""John Hancock Center Scaffold Collapse""; ""Nonlinear Static Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Residential Structure with Non-Fixed Connections""; ""Case Study of Stone Veneer Failure""; ""Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental""; ""Risk Assessment and Treatment in Slope Stability Forensic Engineering""

""An Invisible Menace�The Impact of Pyrite Induced Expansive Forces on Long-Term Building Failure: A Case Study""""Restoration of



Distressed Secondary Monitoring System at a Hazardous Waste Landfill""; ""Hurricanes, Earthquakes, and Natural Hazards II""; ""Investigation of Damage to a Masonry Condominium Building from the 1994 Northridge Earthquake""; ""Guidelines for Determination of Wind versus Water Causation of Hurricane Damage""; ""South Clear Well Roof Collapse: Hydraulic Uplift or Excessive Construction Loading?""; ""Colorado Historic Bridge Field Testing""

""Prowers Bridge Study: Experimental and Analytical Techniques of Wind Loading Analysis at an Historic Truss Bridge""""Analysis and Testing of the Historic Blue River Bridge Subjected to Wind""; ""Wind Load Analysis of a Truss Bridge at Rifle Colorado""; ""Analysis and Verification Testing of the Historic San Miguel Bridge""; ""Performance of Transportation Facilities""; ""Forensic Investigation of Sections 390103,390108,390109, and 390110 of the Ohio SHRP US 23 Test Pavement""; ""Repair of Harbor Facilities""; ""Blast Capacity and Protection of AASHTO Girder Bridges""

""Historical Cases and Education""""Environmental Tragedy of Love Canal""; ""The Darlington Building Collapse: Modern Engineering and Obsolete Systems""; ""Learning from Failure: Teaching a Course on Building Performance and Forensic Techniques""; ""Vibrations""; ""Vibrations of Cable-Stayed Bridges""; ""Human Induced Vibration Monitoring of a College Football Stadium""; ""Forensic Engineering of Intolerable Structural Vibrations and Damage from Construction and Industrial Dynamic Sources""

""90 Feet�The Difference an Avenue Makes: Protection of Existing Historic Structures during Adjacent Construction""