Failure mechanisms in building construction /
Publisher's description: This book is the result of the editor's efforts to understand why buildings fail. He has combined his experience investigating the causes of building failures with extensive research, in order to present detailed descriptions of the causes and identifying character...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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New York, NY :
ASCE Press,
©1997.
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| Series: | Engineering case studies online (text)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Publisher's description: This book is the result of the editor's efforts to understand why buildings fail. He has combined his experience investigating the causes of building failures with extensive research, in order to present detailed descriptions of the causes and identifying characteristics of a wide range of failure mechanisms. This book also includes an index of these various mechanisms, along with numerous case studies taken and expanded from his ongoing magazine column on "Failures," and an annotated bibliography. A section on performing failure investigations puts the material into a practical context. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 116 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-111) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780784470275 0784470278 |