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Delatte Norbert J |
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Titolo |
Beyond failure [[electronic resource] ] : forensic case studies for civil engineers / / Norbert J. Delatte, Jr |
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Reston, VA, : ASCE Press, c2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (424 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Forensic engineering |
System failures (Engineering) |
Civil engineering |
Structural failures - Investigation |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-402) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""1 Why Case Studies?""; ""Organization of This Book""; ""Notes to the Student""; ""Sources for Case Materials""; ""2 Statics and Dynamics""; ""Hyatt Regency Walkway""; ""Tacoma Narrows Bridge""; ""Aircraft Impacts""; ""Other Cases""; ""3 Mechanics of Materials""; ""Quebec Bridge""; ""Point Pleasant Bridge Collapse""; ""Comet Jet Aircraft Crashes""; ""Other Cases""; ""4 Structural Analysis""; ""Agricultural Product Warehouse Failures""; ""Ronan Point""; ""L'Ambiance Plaza Collapse""; ""Cleveland Lift-Slab Parking Garage""; ""Kemper Arena"" |
""Other Cases""""5 Reinforced Concrete Structures""; ""Air Force Warehouse Shear Failures""; ""2000 Commonwealth Avenue""; ""Skyline Plaza in Bailey's Crossroads""; ""Harbour Cay Condominium""; ""Bombing of the Oklahoma City Murrah Federal Building""; ""The Pentagon Attack""; ""Other Cases""; ""6 Steel Structures""; ""Hartford Civic Center Stadium Collapse""; ""Mianus River Bridge Collapse""; ""Cold-Formed Steel Beam Construction Failure""; ""The World Trade Center Attacks""; ""Pittsburgh Convention Center Expansion Joint Failure""; ""Minneapolis I-35W Bridge Collapse""; ""Other Cases"" |
""7 Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering, and Foundations""""Teton |
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Dam""; ""Vaiont Dam Reservoir Slope Stability Failure""; ""The Transcona and Fargo Grain Elevators""; ""Other Cases""; ""8 Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics""; ""Johnstown Flood""; ""Malpasset Dam""; ""Schoharie Creek Bridge""; ""New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Levee Failures""; ""Other Cases""; ""9 Construction Materials""; ""Austin Concrete Dam Failure""; ""Liberty Ship Hull Failures""; ""Willow Island Cooling Tower Collapse""; ""Boston's Big Dig Tunnel Collapse""; ""High-Alumina Cement""; ""Other Cases"" |
""10 Management, Ethics, and Professional Issues""""Citicorp Tower""; ""Space Shuttle Challenger""; ""Sampoong Superstore, Korea""; ""Misuse of the Professional Engineer License""; ""Property Loss Investigations""; ""APPENDIX A: Notes to the Professor""; ""APPENDIX B: The ASCE Code of Ethics""; ""APPENDIX C: Some Cases on Video and DVD""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""H""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHOR"" |
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