02521oam 2200613I 450 991046301560332120200520144314.01-283-86206-91-136-28614-40-203-11329-210.4324/9780203113295 (CKB)2670000000312407(EBL)1092774(OCoLC)820787720(SSID)ssj0000783058(PQKBManifestationID)11442802(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783058(PQKBWorkID)10753257(PQKB)11585455(MiAaPQ)EBC1092774(Au-PeEL)EBL1092774(CaPaEBR)ebr10632455(CaONFJC)MIL417456(OCoLC)897563525(EXLCZ)99267000000031240720180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDesigning to avoid disaster the nature of fracture-critical design /Thomas FisherNew York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-52736-8 0-415-52735-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-246) and index.pt. I. The nature of fracture-critical design -- pt. II. How fracture-critical design affects our lives -- pt. III. Designing to avoid future disasters.Recent catastrophic events, such as the I-35W bridge collapse, New Orleans flooding, the BP oil spill, Port au Prince's destruction by earthquake, Fukushima nuclear plant's devastation by tsunami, the Wall Street investment bank failures, and the housing foreclosure epidemic and the collapse of housing prices, all stem from what author Thomas Fisher calls fracture-critical design. This is design in which structures and systems have so little redundancy and so much interconnectedness and misguided efficiency that they fail completely if any one part does not perform as intended. If DesignMethodologySafety factor in engineeringElectronic books.DesignMethodology.Safety factor in engineering.620.8/6Fisher Thomas1953-,885941MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463015603321Designing to avoid disaster2226159UNINA