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Closure to “Engineering Process Failure—Hyatt Walkway Collapse” by Piotr D. Moncarz and Robert K. Taylor
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Collapse of a Reinforced Concrete Dome in a Wastewater Treatment Plant Digester Tank
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Exponent Failure Analysis Associates was retained by a municipal government to perform an independent study of a fatal collapse in a local sewer treatment plant. The reinforced concrete dome shell covering a cylindrical ...
Engineering Process Failure—Hyatt Walkway Collapse
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Was the collapse of the Hyatt hotel atrium walkway a senseless tragedy or a steppingstone in the betterment of the engineering and scientific endeavor? The collapse claimed 114 lives, leading to a great public and professional ...
Failures of 108‐Inch Steel Pipe Water Main
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The paper describes the analysis of failures of a 108‐in. (2.74 m) diameter steel pipe water main. Total pipe separations occurred because of large unrelieved thermal stresses and stress amplification caused by the ...
Engineering Process Failure—Hyatt Walkway Collapse
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Closure to “<i>Failures of 108‐Inch Steel Pipe Water Main</i>” by Piotr D. Moncarz, John C. Shyne, and George K. Derbalian (August, 1987, Vol. 1, No. 3)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Discussion of “<i>108‐In. Diameter Steel Water Conduit Failure and Assessment of AWWA Practice</i>” by Andrew Eberhardt (February, 1990, Vol. 4, No. 1)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Analysis of Stability of L'Ambiance Plaza Lift‐Slab Towers
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Nonlinear analysis of the construction collapse of the L'Ambiance Plaza lift‐slab structures is presented. During construction, the temporary connection between the columns and slabs is distinctly nonlinear. Due to that ...