Details

Subjects:

System failures (Engineering).

Summary:

Argues that failures in structural engineering are not necessarily due to the physical design of the structures, but instead a misunderstanding of how cultural and socioeconomic constraints would affect the structures.

Contents:

By way of concrete examples
Things happen
Designed to fail
Mechanics of failure
A repeating problem
The old and the new
Searching for a cause
The obligation of an engineer
Before, during, and after the fall
Legal matters
Back-seat designers
Houston, you have a problem
Without a leg to stand on
History and failure.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674065840 (hc : alk. paper)
0674065840 (hc : alk. paper)

OCLC:

758244510

Publisher Number:

7206411