Why buildings fall down : how structures fail / Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori ; illustrations by Kevin Woest
ISBN
039331152X(pbk.)
ISBN
9780393311525(pbk.)
พิมพ์ลักษณ์
New York : W.W. Norton, 1994, c1992
เลขหมู่
TH 441 .L48 1992
ครั้งที่พิมพ์
1st pbk. ed
ลักษณะทางกายภาพ
334 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
หมายเหตุ
Includes index
หมายเหตุ
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 -- Conclusion: can we prevent future failures?
หมายเหตุ
Summary: Chronicles the how and why of the most important andinteresting structural failures in history, especially in the twentieth century