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ASCE 9780784409732 2009

ASCE 9780784409732 2009

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Beyond Failure

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ASCE 2009 424
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Norbert Delatte presents the circumstances of important failures that have had far-reaching impacts on civil engineering practice, organized around topics in the engineering curriculum.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
8 CONTENTS
12 FOREWORD
14 PREFACE
18 1 Why Case Studies?
20 Organization of This Book
21 Notes to the Student
22 Sources for Case Materials
24 2 Statics and Dynamics
25 Hyatt Regency Walkway
43 Tacoma Narrows Bridge
55 Aircraft Impacts
59 Other Cases
68 3 Mechanics of Materials
Quebec Bridge
87 Point Pleasant Bridge Collapse
99 Comet Jet Aircraft Crashes
103 Other Cases
106 4 Structural Analysis
107 Agricultural Product Warehouse Failures
114 Ronan Point
124 L’Ambiance Plaza Collapse
138 Cleveland Lift-Slab Parking Garage
141 Kemper Arena
143 Other Cases
146 5 Reinforced Concrete Structures
147 Air Force Warehouse Shear Failures
150 2000 Commonwealth Avenue
161 Skyline Plaza in Bailey’s Crossroads
166 Harbour Cay Condominium
172 Bombing of the Oklahoma City Murrah Federal Building
179 The Pentagon Attack
184 Other Cases
190 6 Steel Structures
191 Hartford Civic Center Stadium Collapse
201 Mianus River Bridge Collapse
205 Cold-Formed Steel Beam Construction Failure
212 The World Trade Center Attacks
223 Pittsburgh Convention Center Expansion Joint Failure
228 Minneapolis I-35W Bridge Collapse
232 Other Cases
238 7 Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering, and Foundations
240 Teton Dam
251 Vaiont Dam Reservoir Slope Stability Failure
266 The Transcona and Fargo Grain Elevators
272 Other Cases
274 8 Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Johnstown Flood
284 Malpasset Dam
294 Schoharie Creek Bridge
304 New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Levee Failures
316 Other Cases
318 9 Construction Materials
320 Austin Concrete Dam Failure
327 Liberty Ship Hull Failures
333 Willow Island Cooling Tower Collapse
342 Boston’s Big Dig Tunnel Collapse
347 High-Alumina Cement
Other Cases
350 10 Management, Ethics, and Professional Issues
Citicorp Tower
362 Space Shuttle Challenger
369 Sampoong Superstore, Korea
374 Misuse of the Professional Engineer License
376 Property Loss Investigations
378 APPENDIX A: Notes to the Professor
394 APPENDIX B: The ASCE Code of Ethics
402 APPENDIX C: Some Cases on Video and DVD
408 REFERENCES
420 INDEX
A
B
C
421 D
E
F
H
J
K
L
M
422 N
P
Q
R
S
423 T
V
W
424 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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