To forgive design : understanding failure

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To forgive design : understanding failure

Henry Petroski

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2012

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注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: Argues that failures in structural engineering are not necessarily due to the physical design of the structures, but instead a misunderstanding of how cultural and socioeconomic constraints would affect the structures

収録内容

  • By way of concrete examples
  • Things happen
  • Designed to fail
  • Mechanics of failure
  • A repeating problem
  • The old and the new
  • Searching for a cause
  • The obligation of an engineer
  • Before, during, and after the fall
  • Legal matters
  • Back-seat designers
  • Houston, you have a problem
  • Without a leg to stand on
  • History and failure

詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB09897530
  • ISBN
    • 9780674065840
  • LCCN
    2011044194
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Cambridge, Mass.
  • ページ数/冊数
    xii, 410 p.
  • 大きさ
    22 cm
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