Failure case studies in civil engineering : structures, foundations, and the geoenvironment /
| Uniform Title: | Failures in civil engineering. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Reston :
American Society of Civil Engineers,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Foundation Failures; Tower of Pisa (1173 & Ongoing); Transcona Grain Elevator (1913); Fargo Grain Elevator (1956); La Playa Guatemala Earthquake (1976); Schoharie Creek Bridge (1987); 2. Embankment, Dam, and Slope Failures; St. Francis Dam (1928); Malpasset Dam (1959); Vajont Dam (1963); Lower San Fernando Dam (1971); Teton Dam (1976); Rissa Norway Landslide (1978); Nerlerk Berm Failure (1983); Carsington Embankment (1984); 3. Geoenvironmental Failures; Love Canal (1978); Valley of the Drums (1978); Stringfellow Acid Pits (1980).
- Seymour Recycling Facility (1980)Kettleman Hills Waste Landfill (1988); North Battleford, Saskatchewan Water Treatment Failure (Cryptosporidium Outbreak) (2001); 4. Bridge Failures; Ashtabula Bridge (1876); Tay Bridge (1879); The Quebec Bridge (1907 & 1916); Falls View Bridge (1938); Sando Arch (1939); Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940); Peace River Bridge (1957); The Second Narrows Bridge (1958); King Street Bridge (1962); Point Pleasant Bridge-Silver Bridge (1967); Antelope Valley Freeway Interchange (1971 & 1994); Mianus River Bridge (1983); San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (1989).
- Cypress Viaduct (1989)5. Building Failures; AMC Warehouse (1955); Ronan Point Tower (1968); 2000 Commonwealth Avenue (1971); The Skyline Plaza Apartment Building (Bailey's Crossroads) (1973); Hartford Civic Center Coliseum (1978); Imperial County Services Building (1979); Kemper Memorial Arena Roof (1979); Binghamton State Office Building (1981); Hyatt Regency Hotel Pedestrian Walkways (1981); Pino Suarez Building (1985); L'Ambiance Plaza (1987); Burnaby Supermarket Rooftop Parking Deck (1988); Northridge Meadows Apartments (1994).
- California State University, Northridge, Oviatt Library (1994)Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (1995); Charles De Gaulle Airport Terminal 2E (2004); Four Times Square Scaffold Collapse (Conde Nast Tower) (1998); Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.