Failure case studies in civil engineering [[electronic resource] ] : structures, foundations, and the geoenvironment / / edited by Paul A. Bosela ... [et al.] ; sponsored by Technical Council on Forensic Engineering of the American Society of Civil Engineers |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reston, : American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (135 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 624.1/71 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BoselaPaul A |
Soggetto topico |
Structural failures
Civil engineering |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7844-7703-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1.Foundation Failures -- Tower of Pisa (1173 & Ongoing) -- Transcona Grain Elevator (1913) -- Fargo Grain Elevator (1956) -- La Playa Guatemala Earthquake (1976) -- Schoharie Creek Bridge (1987) -- 2.Embankment, Dam, and Slope Failures -- St. Francis Dam (1928) -- Malpasset Dam (1959) -- Vajont Dam (1963) -- Lower San Fernando Dam (1971) -- Teton Dam (1976) -- Rissa Norway Landslide (1978) -- Nerlerk Berm Failure (1983) -- Carsington Embankment (1984) -- 3.Geoenvironmental Failures -- Love Canal (1978) -- Valley of the Drums (1978) -- Stringfellow Acid Pits (1980) -- Seymour Recycling Facility (1980) -- Kettleman Hills Waste Landfill (1988) -- North Battleford, Saskatchewan Water Treatment Failure (Cryptosporidium Outbreak) (2001) -- 4.Bridge Failures -- Ashtabula Bridge (1876) -- Tay Bridge (1879) -- The Quebec Bridge (1907 & 1916) -- Falls View Bridge (1938) -- Sando Arch (1939) -- Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) -- Peace River Bridge (1957) -- The Second Narrows Bridge (1958) -- King Street Bridge (1962) -- Point Pleasant Bridge---Silver Bridge (1967) -- Antelope Valley Freeway Interchange (1971 & 1994) -- Mianus River Bridge (1983) -- San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (1989) -- Cypress Viaduct (1989) -- 5.Building Failures -- AMC Warehouse (1955) -- Ronan Point Tower (1968) -- 2000 Commonwealth Avenue (1971) -- The Skyline Plaza Apartment Building (Bailey's Crossroads) (1973) -- Hartford Civic Center Coliseum (1978) -- Imperial County Services Building (1979) -- Kemper Memorial Arena Roof (1979) -- Binghamton State Office Building (1981) -- Hyatt Regency Hotel Pedestrian Walkways (1981) -- Pino Suarez Building (1985) -- L'Ambiance Plaza (1987) -- Burnaby Supermarket Rooftop Parking Deck (1988) -- Northridge Meadows Apartments (1994) -- California State University, Northridge, Oviatt Library (1994) -- Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (1995) -- Charles De Gaulle Airport Terminal 2E (2004) -- Four Times Square Scaffold Collapse (Conde Nast Tower) (1998). |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462755703321 |
Reston, : American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Forensic engineering [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of the 4th congress, October 6-9, 2006, Cleveland, Ohio / / sponsored by Technical Council on Forensic Engineering (TCFE) of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by Paul A. Bosela, Norbert J. Delatte |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (657 p.) |
Disciplina | 624.1/71 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BoselaPaul A
DelatteNorbert J |
Soggetto topico |
Structural failures - Investigation
Forensic engineering |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7844-7156-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Forensic Engineering Practice (Practitioner Track)""; ""Validity and Reliability of Forensic Engineering Methods and Processes""; ""Learning from the Past Experiences of Practicing Engineers""; ""Benchmarking Forensic Engineering Practice�A Philosophical Discussion""; ""Hurricanes, Earthquakes, and Natural Hazards I""; ""Returning Buildings Damaged by Hurricanes or Earthquakes to Pre-Damage Condition""; ""Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina""; ""Strategies for Damage Assessments and Emergency Response""; ""Residential Investigations (Practitioner Track)""
""Investigation into Brick Masonry and Concrete Foundation Wall Distress of a Single-Family Residence""""Forensic Investigation of a Patio Failure""; ""The Leaking Basement Epidemic�Causes, Cures and Consequences""; ""Structures I""; ""John Hancock Center Scaffold Collapse""; ""Nonlinear Static Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Residential Structure with Non-Fixed Connections""; ""Case Study of Stone Veneer Failure""; ""Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental""; ""Risk Assessment and Treatment in Slope Stability Forensic Engineering"" ""An Invisible Menace�The Impact of Pyrite Induced Expansive Forces on Long-Term Building Failure: A Case Study""""Restoration of Distressed Secondary Monitoring System at a Hazardous Waste Landfill""; ""Hurricanes, Earthquakes, and Natural Hazards II""; ""Investigation of Damage to a Masonry Condominium Building from the 1994 Northridge Earthquake""; ""Guidelines for Determination of Wind versus Water Causation of Hurricane Damage""; ""South Clear Well Roof Collapse: Hydraulic Uplift or Excessive Construction Loading?""; ""Colorado Historic Bridge Field Testing"" ""Prowers Bridge Study: Experimental and Analytical Techniques of Wind Loading Analysis at an Historic Truss Bridge""""Analysis and Testing of the Historic Blue River Bridge Subjected to Wind""; ""Wind Load Analysis of a Truss Bridge at Rifle Colorado""; ""Analysis and Verification Testing of the Historic San Miguel Bridge""; ""Performance of Transportation Facilities""; ""Forensic Investigation of Sections 390103,390108,390109, and 390110 of the Ohio SHRP US 23 Test Pavement""; ""Repair of Harbor Facilities""; ""Blast Capacity and Protection of AASHTO Girder Bridges"" ""Historical Cases and Education""""Environmental Tragedy of Love Canal""; ""The Darlington Building Collapse: Modern Engineering and Obsolete Systems""; ""Learning from Failure: Teaching a Course on Building Performance and Forensic Techniques""; ""Vibrations""; ""Vibrations of Cable-Stayed Bridges""; ""Human Induced Vibration Monitoring of a College Football Stadium""; ""Forensic Engineering of Intolerable Structural Vibrations and Damage from Construction and Industrial Dynamic Sources"" ""90 Feet�The Difference an Avenue Makes: Protection of Existing Historic Structures during Adjacent Construction"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455272703321 |
Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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