"Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Sail" by Matthys Levy, Mario Salvadori
"Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Sail" by Matthys Levy, Mario Salvador
W. W. Nоrtоn & Company | 1992 | ISBN: 0393033562 9780393033564 | 333 pages | PDF/djvu | 13/9 MB
W. W. Nоrtоn & Company | 1992 | ISBN: 0393033562 9780393033564 | 333 pages | PDF/djvu | 13/9 MB
An examination of the failure of some architectural designs presents more than two hundred illustrations and takes readers on a journey through the history of architectural and structural disasters, from the Parthenon to the Tower of Pisa.
Contents
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
l. 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. Conclusion: Can We Prevent Future Failures?
APPENDICES
A. Loads
B. Stress and Strain
c. Structural Materials
D. Structural Systems
INDEX
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