Beyond failure [[electronic resource] ] : forensic case studies for civil engineers / / Norbert J. Delatte, Jr
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Delatte Norbert J
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| Titolo: |
Beyond failure [[electronic resource] ] : forensic case studies for civil engineers / / Norbert J. Delatte, Jr
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| Pubblicazione: | Reston, VA, : ASCE Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (424 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 624.1/71 |
| Soggetto topico: | Forensic engineering |
| System failures (Engineering) | |
| Civil engineering | |
| Structural failures - Investigation | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-402) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Beyond failure |
| ISBN: | 0-7844-7228-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458197703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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