Failure case studies
Subtitle: steel structures
By: edited by Navid Nastar, Ph. D., P.E., S.E., F. ASCE, principal, Brandow & Nastar, Inc., adjunct associate professor, University of Southern California, Rui Liu, Ph. D., P.E., M. ASCE, assistant professor, Kent State University ; sponsored by the Forensic Engineering Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Contributors: American Society of Civil Engineers. Forensic Engineering Division
Series: Failure case studies
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Reston, Virginia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 45
ISBN-13: 9780784482193; 9780784482209; 9780784415306
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Iron and steel Building; Case studies; Structural failures; Construction métallique; Études de cas; Constructions; Effondrement
Other titles: Steel structures
Description: "This book gives examples of failed civil engineering projects and the lessons learned from the failures. The case studies were gathered by ASCE's Forensic Engineering Division"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: West Gate Bridge collapse. 1970; title: University of Washington stadium collapse, 1987; title: Damage to steel moment-resisting frames during the Northridge Earthquake, 1994; title: Colorado Sate Route 470 overpass collapse, 2004; title: Pittsburgh convention center expansion joint failure, 2007; title: I-35W bridge collapse, 2007; title: Elliot Lake Algo Centre Mall collapse, 2012; title: Skagit River Bridge collapse, 2013.