Learning from construction failures : applied forensic engineering / / edited by Peter Campbell

• Pubblicazione: Dunbeath, [Scotland] : , : Whittles Publishing, , 2001; ©2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 690
• Soggetto topico: Building failures; Building failures - Investigation; Forensic engineering
• Persona (resp. second.): CampbellPeter
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: historical setting -- Forensic engineering - the perspective from N.America -- Kenneth L. Carper -- Learning from history -- Lawrance Hurst -- Some lessons from the past -- Poul Beckmann -- Application of principles -- Propping up Pisa -- John Burland -- Applying lessons from failures to management and design -- Jonathan G.M. Wood -- Learning from failures -- J C Chapman -- Ilsurance and legal perspectives -- Risk management from the lawyer's point of view -- Diana Holtham -- Risk management from the lawyer's point of view - -- comments on US practice -- Robert A. Rubin and Dana Wordes -- 9 The technical investigation of failure - -- a marine industry perspective -- J.S. Carlton and J.R Maguire -- 10 The role of risk assessment in failure investigations -- S. B. Tietz -- Examples and case studies -- 11 Failures and vulnerabilities of reservoir control structures -- Jack Lewin -- 12 Diverse engineering failures -- Alexander Kennaway -- 13 Reinforced aircrete slabs -- Satish Desai -- 14 Lessons learned from the Oklahoma City bombing -- W.Gene Corley -- 15 Failures of masts and towers -- Brian W Smith -- 16 Precast concrete cladding and structural integrity -- Vambersky and R.Sagel -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Learning from construction failures
• ISBN: 1-84995-141-1; 1-62870-862-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910148719103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II