Why buildings fall down : how structures fail / Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori

By:

Levy, Matthys

Contributor(s):

Salvadori, Mario

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: W.W. Norton & Company, 2002. New YorkDescription: 346 pISBN:

9780393311525

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

690.21 LEV-W

Contents:

346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 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 -- Terror from the sky -- Conclusion : can we prevent future failures?

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346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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 --
Terror from the sky --
Conclusion : can we prevent future failures?

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