04129nam 2200613Ia 450 991045819770332120200520144314.00-7844-7228-9(CKB)2560000000056203(EBL)3115318(SSID)ssj0000482985(PQKBManifestationID)12211653(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000482985(PQKBWorkID)10527205(PQKB)10675616(MiAaPQ)EBC3115318(Au-PeEL)EBL3115318(CaPaEBR)ebr10435318(OCoLC)871833843(EXLCZ)99256000000005620320081024d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeyond failure[electronic resource] forensic case studies for civil engineers /Norbert J. Delatte, JrReston, VA ASCE Pressc20091 online resource (424 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7844-0973-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-402) and index.""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 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""Forensic engineeringCase studiesSystem failures (Engineering)Case studiesCivil engineeringCase studiesStructural failuresInvestigationCase studiesElectronic books.Forensic engineeringSystem failures (Engineering)Civil engineeringStructural failuresInvestigation624.1/71Delatte Norbert J508270MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458197703321Beyond failure774867UNINA