To forgive design : understanding failure /

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Argues that failures in structural engineering are not necessarily due to the physical design of the structures, but instead a misunderstanding of how cultural and socioeconomic constraints would affect the structures.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Petroski, Henry (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2012]
Series:Engineering case studies online
Subjects:
System failures (Engineering)
Pannes.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Quality Control.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Structural.
Structural failures.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • By way of concrete examples
  • Things happen
  • Designed to fail
  • Mechanics of failure
  • A repeating problem
  • The old and the new
  • Searching for a cause
  • The obligation of an engineer
  • Before, during, and after the fall
  • Legal matters
  • Back-seat designers
  • Houston, you have a problem
  • Without a leg to stand on
  • History and failure.

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