Why buildings fall down : how structures fail
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, ©2002.Description: 346 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780393311525
- 690.21 21 LEV-W
- TH441 .L48 2002
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Includes index.
1. The first structural failure 2. Miracle on Thirty-Fourth Street 3. Will the Pantheon stand up forever? 4. For lack of redundancy 5. Big bangs 6. The day the Earth shook 7. Galloping Gertie 8. When metals tire 9. Thruways to eternity 10. The weaknesses of Mother Earth 11. Valley of tears 12. The house of cards 13. Structural dermatology 14. Old-age death 15. The worst structural disaster in the United States 16. The politics of destruction 17. The structure of the law 18. Terror from the sky 19. Conclusion : can we prevent future failures?
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