Why buildings fall down : how structures fail /
Levy, Matthys.
Why buildings fall down : how structures fail / Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori - New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., c1992 - 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
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 failure?.
It seemed almost unavoidable that having written a book entitled Why Buildings stand up, I should be pushed by my friends (and my wonderfully friendly editor, Edwin Barber) to write another called -what else? - Why Buildings Fall Down.
039331152X
BUILDINGS
TH 441 .L48 1992
Why buildings fall down : how structures fail / Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori - New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., c1992 - 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
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 failure?.
It seemed almost unavoidable that having written a book entitled Why Buildings stand up, I should be pushed by my friends (and my wonderfully friendly editor, Edwin Barber) to write another called -what else? - Why Buildings Fall Down.
039331152X
BUILDINGS
TH 441 .L48 1992