Engineering failures get a lot of attention--inciting morbid curiosity and fueling concern over the condition of our infrastructure. But every engineering loss is the start of a forensic investigation into how, why, and what can be done to prevent future failures. As with scientific failures, engineering failures can be very instructive in teaching us what does not work.
Beyond Failure presents the circumstances of important failures that have had far-reaching impacts on civil engineering practice. Each case study narrates the known facts: design and construction, the...
Engineering failures get a lot of attention--inciting morbid curiosity and fueling concern over the condition of our infrastructure. But every engi...