Failure case studies in civil engineering [[electronic resource] ] : structures, foundations, and the geoenvironment / / edited by Paul A. Bosela ... [et al.] ; sponsored by Technical Council on Forensic Engineering of the American Society of Civil Engineers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462755703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reston, : American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013
• ISBN: 0-7844-7703-5
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (135 pages) : illustrations
• Altri autori (Persone): BoselaPaul A
• Disciplina: 624.1/71
• Soggetti: Structural failures; Civil engineering; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index; Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1.Foundation Failures -- Tower of Pisa (1173 & Ongoing) -- Transcona Grain Elevator (1913) -- Fargo Grain Elevator (1956) -- La Playa Guatemala Earthquake (1976) -- Schoharie Creek Bridge (1987) -- 2.Embankment, Dam, and Slope Failures -- St. Francis Dam (1928) -- Malpasset Dam (1959) -- Vajont Dam (1963) -- Lower San Fernando Dam (1971) -- Teton Dam (1976) -- Rissa Norway Landslide (1978) -- Nerlerk Berm Failure (1983) -- Carsington Embankment (1984) -- 3.Geoenvironmental Failures -- Love Canal (1978) -- Valley of the Drums (1978) -- Stringfellow Acid Pits (1980) -- Seymour Recycling Facility (1980) -- Kettleman Hills Waste Landfill (1988) -- North Battleford, Saskatchewan Water Treatment Failure (Cryptosporidium Outbreak) (2001) -- 4.Bridge Failures -- Ashtabula Bridge (1876) -- Tay Bridge (1879) -- The Quebec Bridge (1907 & 1916) -- Falls View Bridge (1938) -- Sando Arch (1939) -- Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) -- Peace River Bridge (1957) -- The Second Narrows Bridge (1958) -- King Street Bridge (1962) -- Point Pleasant Bridge---Silver Bridge (1967) -- Antelope Valley Freeway Interchange (1971 & 1994) -- Mianus River Bridge (1983) -- San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (1989) -- Cypress ; Viaduct (1989) -- 5.Building Failures -- AMC Warehouse (1955) -- Ronan Point Tower (1968) -- 2000 Commonwealth Avenue (1971) -- The Skyline Plaza Apartment Building (Bailey's Crossroads) (1973) -- Hartford Civic Center Coliseum (1978) -- Imperial County Services Building (1979) -- Kemper Memorial Arena Roof (1979) -- Binghamton State Office Building (1981) -- Hyatt Regency Hotel Pedestrian Walkways (1981) -- Pino Suarez Building (1985) -- L'Ambiance Plaza (1987) -- Burnaby Supermarket Rooftop Parking Deck (1988) -- Northridge Meadows Apartments (1994) -- California State University, Northridge, Oviatt Library (1994) -- Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (1995) -- Charles De Gaulle Airport Terminal 2E (2004) -- Four Times Square Scaffold Collapse (Conde Nast Tower) (1998).