Forensic Structural Engineering Handbook

Robert Ratay

ISBN 10: 0071498842 / ISBN 13: 9780071498845

Published by McGraw-Hill Education, 2009

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Forensic Structural Engineering Handbook | Robert Ratay | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2009 | McGraw-Hill Education | EAN 9780071498845 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Forensic Structural Engineering Handbook
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071498842
• ISBN 13: 9780071498845
• Binding: Buch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 41D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 41 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1128 grams
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Synopsis

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The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Resource on Forensic Structural Engineering

Thoroughly revised and featuring contributions from leading experts, this definitive handbook offers comprehensive treatment of forensic structural engineering and expert witness delivery. From exploring the possible origins of errors, through investigating and analyzing failures, to working with the legal profession for assigning responsibilities, Forensic Structural Engineering Handbook, Second Edition covers every important topic in the field.

• The design and construction process
• Design and construction safety codes, standards, and regulations
• Standard of care and duty to perform
• First steps and legal concerns after a failure
• Engineering investigation of failures
• Origins and causes of failures
• Loads and hazards
• Design errors, construction defects, and project miscommunication
• Defects, deterioration, and durability
• Mechanisms and analyses of failures in steel, concrete, masonry, timber, and temporary structures; building envelope; and structural foundations
• Litigation and dispute resolution
• The expert consultant and witness

About the Author

Robert Ratay is an acknowledged expert in forensic structural engineering, and has an active consulting practice in that field. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University where he has been teaching the graduate course of Forensic Structural Engineering which he created and developed some years ago, and for which the Handbook of Forensic Structural Engineering is the standard textbook. Ratay has lectured at conferences and seminars in the U.S. and abroad and published in U.S. and international journals on forensic structural engineering.