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Failure Case Studies: Steel Structures (Forensic Engineering Division) - Softcover

American Society Of Civil Engineers

 
9780784415306: Failure Case Studies: Steel Structures (Forensic Engineering Division)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0784415307 ISBN 13: 9780784415306
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019

Synopsis

Failure Case Studies: Steel Structures, provides case studies of failures observed in steel structures between 1970 and 2013. Designed to promote learning from failures by disseminating information regarding previous failure cases, each case study is comprised of a summary description of a documented civil engineering failure followed by lessons learned from the failure and references for further study. Case studies include

  • - West Gate bridge collapse - University of Washington stadium collapse - Damage to steel moment resisting frames during the Northridge Earthquake - Colorado State Route 470 overpass collapse - Pittsburgh Convention Center expansion joint failure - I-35W bridge collapse - Elliot Lake Algo mall collapse; and - Skagit River Bridge collapse.
    • This book supplies a summary of the published findings from eight steel structure failure investigations and a valuable collection of references that can be used by civil engineering students and practicing engineers to improve their failure literacy. Engineering professors and students can use these case studies as the basis for class discussions, a starting point for further research, and a reminder that learning from past failures can avoid similar failures in the future and lead to improved engineering practices. Practicing engineers can use the book as a continuing education resource to improve their practice and to avoid similar failures.

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    About the Author

    Prepared by the Education Committee of the Forensic Engineering Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers

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    Publisher
    American Society of Civil Engineers
    Publication date
    2019
    Language
    English
    ISBN 10 
    0784415307
    ISBN 13 
    9780784415306
    Binding
    Paperback
    Number of pages
    52
    Editor
    Navid Naster, Rui Liu