Why Buildings Fall Down How Structures Fail

Name: Why Buildings Fall Down How Structures Fail
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ISBN: 9780393311525

ISBN-10: 039331152X

ISBN-13: 9780393311525

Edition: 2002

Authors: Matthys Levy, Mario Salvadori, Kevin Woest

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Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/17/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.30" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Perface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



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



Terror from the Sky



Conclusion: Can We Prevent Future Failures?


Appendices



Loads



Stress and Strain



Structural Materials



Structural Systems


Index