Forensic Engineering: From Failure to Understanding: Proceedings of the Two Day International Conference Organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers and Held in London on 2 to 4 December 2008 - Hardcover

 
9780727736130: Forensic Engineering: From Failure to Understanding: Proceedings of the Two Day International Conference Organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers and Held in London on 2 to 4 December 2008
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0727736132 ISBN 13: 9780727736130
Verlag: Thomas Telford Ltd, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Forensic Engineering: From Failure to Understanding contains the papers prepared for the Institution of Civil Engineers' Fourth International Conference on Forensic Engineering, held in London on 2-4 December 2008.
Forensic engineering requires the most rigorous investigation of the range of technical and organizational factors that contribute to failures, usually where they may lead to legal activity or form the basis of an agreed settlement between the parties.
The papers in this book recognize and discuss the fact that whilst, for instance, collapses are the most spectacular type of failure covered in the field of forensic engineering, the discipline also includes issues such as the investigation of failures in serviceability and performance during construction and over the lifespan of structures.
The papers examine forensic investigation and assessment practices and look at improved design and contract activities, considering how these can benefit communities by reducing property damage, serious injury and loss of life. Potential for increasing the sustainability of infrastructure is also examined in terms of extending the lifespans of structures by renewed use through refurbishment and strengthening projects.
To emphasize the subtitle of this book - from failure to understanding - the papers are grouped thematically into categories such as failure reviews, collapse and fail, ground and foundation, remedial measures, storm and buildings, law and education. These categories build on the Third International Conference on Forensic Engineering, held in 2005, where the theme was diagnosing failures and solving problems.

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Verlag
Thomas Telford Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0727736132
ISBN 13 
9780727736130
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
658
Herausgeber
Neale Brian S.
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