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Why buildings fall down : how structures fail /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levy, Matthys
Other Authors: Salvadori, Mario, 1907-1997
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, 1992.
Subjects:
Building failures.
Structural failures.
Structures > Analysis
Table of Contents:
  • The first structural failure
  • Miracle on thirty-fourth street
  • Will the Pantheon stand up forever
  • For lack of redundancy
  • Big bangs
  • The day the earth shook
  • Galloping Gertie
  • When metals tire
  • Thruways to eternity
  • The weaknesses of mother earth
  • Valley of tears
  • The house of cards
  • Structural dermatology
  • Old-age death
  • The worst structural disaster in the United States
  • The politics of destruction
  • The structure of the law
  • Conclusion: can we prevent future failures?