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    This document provides a table of contents for a book on structural failures. The book is divided into 10 chapters that examine case studies of failures in various engineering disciplines including statics and dynamics, mechanics of materials, structural analysis, reinforced concrete structures, steel structures, soil mechanics and foundations, fluid mechanics and hydraulics, construction materials, and management, ethics, and professional issues. Each chapter provides multiple case studies of structural failures within that topic. The table of contents lists the chapter titles and provides a brief description of the case studies examined within each chapter.

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    This document provides a table of contents for a book on structural failures. The book is divided into 10 chapters that examine case studies of failures in various engineering disciplines including statics and dynamics, mechanics of materials, structural analysis, reinforced concrete structures, steel structures, soil mechanics and foundations, fluid mechanics and hydraulics, construction materials, and management, ethics, and professional issues. Each chapter provides multiple case studies of structural failures within that topic. The table of contents lists the chapter titles and provides a brief description of the case studies examined within each chapter.

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    Contents

    foreword xi
    by Kenneth L. Carper

    preface xiii

    1 Why Case Studies? 1


    Organization of This Book 3
    Notes to the Student 4
    Sources for Case Materials 5

    2 Statics and Dynamics 7


    Hyatt Regency Walkway 8
    Tacoma Narrows Bridge 26
    Aircraft Impacts 38
    Other Cases 42

    3 Mechanics of Materials 51
    Quebec Bridge 51
    Point Pleasant Bridge Collapse 70
    Comet Jet Aircraft Crashes 82
    Other Cases 86

    4 Structural Analysis 89
    Agricultural Product Warehouse Failures 90
    Ronan Point 97

    vii
    viii beyond failure

    LAmbiance Plaza Collapse 107


    Cleveland Lift-Slab Parking Garage 121
    Kemper Arena 124
    Other Cases 126

    5 Reinforced Concrete Structures 129


    Air Force Warehouse Shear Failures 130
    2000 Commonwealth Avenue 133
    Skyline Plaza in Baileys Crossroads 144
    Harbour Cay Condominium 149
    Bombing of the Oklahoma City Murrah
    Federal Building 155
    The Pentagon Attack 162
    Other Cases 167

    6 Steel Structures 173


    Hartford Civic Center Stadium Collapse 174
    Mianus River Bridge Collapse 184
    Cold-Formed Steel Beam Construction Failure 188
    The World Trade Center Attacks 195
    Pittsburgh Convention Center Expansion
    Joint Failure 206
    Minneapolis I-35W Bridge Collapse 211
    Other Cases 215

    7 Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical


    Engineering, and Foundations 221
    Teton Dam 223
    Vaiont Dam Reservoir Slope Stability Failure 234
    The Transcona and Fargo Grain Elevators 249
    Other Cases 255

    8 Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics 257


    Johnstown Flood 257
    Malpasset Dam 267
    Schoharie Creek Bridge 277
    New Orleans Hurricane Katrina
    Levee Failures 287
    Other Cases 299
    contents ix

    9 Construction Materials 301


    Austin Concrete Dam Failure 303
    Liberty Ship Hull Failures 310
    Willow Island Cooling Tower Collapse 316
    Bostons Big Dig Tunnel Collapse 325
    High-Alumina Cement 330
    Other Cases 330

    10 Management, Ethics, and Professional


    Issues 333
    Citicorp Tower 333
    Space Shuttle Challenger 345
    Sampoong Superstore, Korea 352
    Misuse of the Professional Engineer License 357
    Property Loss Investigations 359

    Appendix A: Notes to the Professor 361


    Appendix B: The ASCE Code of Ethics 377
    Appendix C: Some Cases on Video and DVD 385

    references 391
    index 403
    about the author 413

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