Failure Case Studies: Steel Structures (Forensic Engineering Division)

Prepared by the Education Committee of the Forensic Engineering Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers Failure Case Studies: Steel Structures , provides case studies of failures observed in steel structures between 1970 and 2013. Designed to promote learning from failures by disseminating information regarding previous failure cases, each case study is comprised of a summary description of a documented civil engineering failure followed by lessons learned from the failure and references for further study. Case studies include West Gate bridge collapse University of Washington stadium collapse Damage to steel moment resisting frames during the Northridge Earthquake Colorado State Route 470 overpass collapse Pittsburgh Convention Center expansion joint failure I-35W bridge collapse Elliot Lake Algo mall collapse; and Skagit River Bridge collapse. This book supplies a summary of the published findings from eight steel structure failure investigations and a valuable collection of references that can be used by civil engineering students and practicing engineers to improve their failure literacy. Engineering professors and students can use these case studies as the basis for class discussions, a starting point for further research, and a reminder that learning from past failures can avoid similar failures in the future and lead to improved engineering practices. Practicing engineers can use the book as a continuing education resource to improve their practice and to avoid similar failures. Prepared by the Education Committee of the Forensic Engineering Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers__Failure Case Studies: Steel Structures__, provides case studies of failures observed in steel structures between 1970 and 2013. Designed to promote learning from failures by disseminating information regarding previous failure cases, each case study is comprised of a summary description of a documented civil engineering failure followed by lessons learned from the failure and references for further study. Case studies includeWest Gate bridge collapse University of Washington stadium collapse Damage to steel moment resisting frames during the Northridge Earthquake Colorado State Route 470 overpass collapse Pittsburgh Convention Center expansion joint failure I-35W bridge collapse Elliot Lake Algo mall collapse; and Skagit River Bridge collapse.This book supplies a summary of the published findings from eight steel structure failure investigations and a valuable collection of references that can be used by civil engineering students and practicing engineers to improve their failure literacy. Engineering professors and students can use these case studies as the basis for class discussions, a starting point for further research, and a reminder that learning from past failures can avoid similar failures in the future and lead to improved engineering practices. Practicing engineers can use the book as a continuing education resource to improve their practice and to avoid similar failures. West Gate Bridge collapse. 1970 University of Washington stadium collapse, 1987 Damage to steel moment-resisting frames during the Northridge Earthquake, 1994 Colorado Sate Route 470 overpass collapse, 2004 Pittsburgh convention center expansion joint failure, 2007 I-35W bridge collapse, 2007 Elliot Lake Algo Centre Mall collapse, 2012 Skagit River Bridge collapse, 2013. This book provides a summary and review of eight steel structure failure case studies designed to promote failure literacy to improve the practice of civil engineering and to reduce risk to the public. "This book gives examples of failed civil engineering projects and the lessons learned from the failures. The case studies were gathered by ASCE's Forensic Engineering Division"-- Provided by publisher