Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail

Levy, Matthys; Salvadori, Mario

ISBN 10: 0393033562 / ISBN 13: 9780393033564

Edité par W W Norton & Co Inc, 1992

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• Titre: Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail
• Éditeur: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Date de parution: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0393033562
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780393033564
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Illustrateur: Woest, Kevin
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

"Whatever goes up must come down" does not, fortunately, apply to most of the structures in today's world. In fact, whenever a building, a bridge, a tunnel, or a dam collapses nowadays, it is front page news and often the beginning of a hunt for clues and culprits as fascinating as any detective story. In this book, two of the world's premier structural engineers take us on a journey through the history of architectural and structural catastrophes, from the Parthenon and Rome's Coliseum to more recent disasters such as the Ronan Point Tower in London, the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City and the Malpasset Dam in France. This is a book that delights as it instructs, an easily digested feast of architectural flops and flummoxes, whether caused by natural disaster or human error, or both.