LEADER 04376oam 2200625I 450 001 9910785746503321 005 20230801224342.0 010 $a0-429-20654-2 010 $a1-135-17173-4 010 $a0-203-86127-2 024 7 $a10.1201/b12674 035 $a(CKB)2670000000242054 035 $a(EBL)1026847 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000720585 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11956178 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720585 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10668880 035 $a(PQKB)10268743 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1026847 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1026847 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10603108 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL531282 035 $a(OCoLC)904402744 035 $a(OCoLC)889757041 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000242054 100 $a20180420d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFailures in concrete structures $ecase studies in reinforced and prestressed concrete /$fRobin Whittle 210 1$aBoca Raton, Fla. :$cTalylor and Francis,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (145 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-07423-3 311 $a0-415-56701-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFront Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Failures due to Design Errors; Chapter 2 - Problems and Failures due to Errors in Structural Modelling; Chapter 3 - Failures due to Inappropriate Extrapolation of Code of Practice Clauses; Chapter 4 - Failures due to Misuse of Code of Practice Clauses; Chapter 5 - Problems and Failures due to Inadequate Assessment of Critical Force Paths; Chapter 6 - Problems and Failures due to Poor Detailing; Chapter 7 - Problems and Failures due to Inadequate Understanding of Materials' Properties 327 $aChapter 8 - Problems and Failures due to Poor ConstructionChapter 9 - Problems and Failures due to Poor Management; Chapter 10 - Problems and Failures due to Poor Construction Planning; Chapter 11 - Problems and Failures due to Deliberate Malpractice; Chapter 12 - Problems Arising from the Procurement Process; Chapter 13 - Contributions of Research and Development toward Avoidance of Failures; References; Back Cover 330 $aForeword Errare humanum est. We structural engineers are human and so have made a number of errors over the years resulting in narrow escapes, badly performing structures, and even fatal collapses. But as Seneca continues. sed perseverare diabolicum, we must not repeat our errors. To avoid this means that we must learn from our past mistakes; we must know what went wrong and why. Some of the lessons from our past errors get embodied in clauses in codes of practice, but many do not, and the collective memory of the profession tends to fade as the generation of engineers who learnt from the mishaps and catastrophes retires. Past books on the subject of structural failures tended to deal with the general causes of failures and methods of investigation, illustrated with the more spectacular examples. However, details of some failures that have not made the headlines, but nevertheless hold important lessons, are hard to find or may not even be in the public domain. In the past, Robin Whittle and I worked together at Arup R&D on a variety of problems of concrete structures. Some of these arose from failures, and others were encountered when forestalling undesirable outcomes of the enthusiasm--untempered by experience--of some of our younger colleagues. Robin was also in close contact with researchers at the now sadly defunct Cement & Concrete Association, the Polytechnic of Central London, and the universities of Leeds, Durham, and Birmingham, and so was privy to much of the background for the initial draft and subsequent revisions of--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aConcrete construction 606 $aReinforced concrete construction 615 0$aConcrete construction. 615 0$aReinforced concrete construction. 676 $a624.1834 686 $aTEC009020$2bisacsh 700 $aWhittle$b Robin$01512260 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785746503321 996 $aFailures in concrete structures$93746068 997 $aUNINA