Epic engineering failures and the lessons they teach / the Teaching Company ; professor Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy at West Point.

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Epic Engineering Failures and the Lessons They Teach.

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The cultural construction of London's East End : urban iconography, modernity and the spatialisation of Englishness / Paul Newland. by Newland, Paul (Lecturer in film studies)

Table of Contents: “…From Bauhaus to the Blitz and Beyond; V. After Ronan Point: Re-imagining the Territory; VI. Docklands: The Clearing of the Misery?…”
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Beyond failure : forensic case studies for civil engineers / Norbert J. Delatte, Jr. by Delatte, Norbert J.

Table of Contents: “…-- Statics and dynamics: -- Hyatt Regency Walkway -- Tacoma Narrows Bridge --Aircraft Impacts -- Mechanics of materials: -- Quebec Bridge -- Point Pleasant Bridge Collapse -- Comet Jet Aircraft Crashes -- Structural analysis: Agricultural Product Warehouse Failures -- Ronan Point -- L'Ambiance Plaza Collapse -- Kemper Lift-Slab Parking Garage -- Kemper Arena -- Reinforced concrete structures: Air Force Warehouse Shear Failures -- 2000 Commonwealth Avenue -- Skyline Plaza in Bailey's Crossroads -- Harbor Cay Condominium -- Bombing of the Oklhoma City Murrah Federal Building -- The Pentagon Attack -- Steel structures: -- Hartford Civic Center Stadium Collapse -- Manius River Bridge Collapse -- Cold-Formed Steel Beam Construction Failure -- The World Trade Center Attacks -- Pittsburgh Convention Center Expansion Joint Failure --Minneapolis I-35 Bridge Collapse -- Soil mechanics, geotechnical engineering, and foundations: -- Teton Dam -- Vaiont Dam Reservoir Slope Stability Failure -- The Transcona and Fargo Grain Elevators -- Fluid mechanics and hydraulics: -- Johnstown Flood -- Malpasset Dam -- Schoharie Creek Bridge -- New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Levee Failures -- Construction materials: -- Austin Concrete Dam Failure -- Liberty Ship Hull Failures -- Willow Island Cooling Tower Collapse -- Boston's Big Dig Tunnel Collapse -- High-Alumina Cement -- Management, ethics, and professional issues: -- Citicorp Tower -- Space Shuttle Challenger -- Sampoong Superstore, Korea -- Misuse of the Professional Engineer License -- Property Loss Investigations -- Appendix A: Note to the professors -- Appendix B: The ASCE Code of ethics -- Appendix C: Some cases on video and DVD.…”