6 Construction Failures, and What We Learned From Them

Things can go wrong in scientific experiments sometimes, but when it comes to engineering, getting things wrong can be disastrous.

#STEM #Engineering #Construction #Bridges #Failure #Learning

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Sources:
Tay Bridge:

http://taybridgedisaster.co.uk
http://web.archive.org/web/2016112120...
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod...
http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docu... http://www.technologystudent.com/stru...
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/...
http://www.victorianweb.org/technolog...
http://portal.historicenvironment.sco...
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/issues/...

Quebec Bridge:

https://www.britannica.com/technology...
http://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu...
https://www.erudit.org/revue/scientia...
http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcon...
ftp://ftp.ccs.carleton.ca/pub/civeng/ECL/ecl270.txt
http://mceer.buffalo.edu/education/br...
https://books.google.com/books?id=Jjd...
http://www.matscieng.sunysb.edu/disas...
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/2...


Tacoma Narrows Bridge:

https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/TNBhistory/s...
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/TNBhistory/Co...
https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/TNBhistory/M...
   • The Tacoma Narrows Fallacy  
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-...
http://www.ketchum.org/billah/Billah-...
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1109.6640.pdf
http://www.math.harvard.edu/archive/2...
http://www.lib.washington.edu/special...
http://www.lib.washington.edu/special...
https://www.aapt.org/Store/upload/tac...
http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/full/10...
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~ka...
http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/bro...

Hyatt Regency:

http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/build82...
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/build82...
http://skywalk.kansascity.com/article...
http://commandsafety.com/wp-content/u...
http://skywalk.kansascity.com/article...
https://books.google.com/books?id=pp3...
http://www.thinkreliability.com/case_...


Citicorp Tower:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/20...
http://www.theaiatrust.com/whitepaper...
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/199...
http://people.duke.edu/~hpgavin/cee42...

Millennium Bridge:

http://www.ingenia.org.uk/Ingenia/Art...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...
https://static.squarespace.com/static...
http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~den/ICSV9_...
http://www.taylordevices.com/papers/d...