Failure mechanisms in building construction

Auteur :
Nicastro, David H.
ISBN :
9780784402832
Date de publication :
31 juil. 1997
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
With an attempt to understand why buildings fail, this book presents descriptions of the causes identifying characteristics of a wide range of failure mechanisms. It also includes an index of these various mechanisms, along with numerous case studies taken and expanded from the author's magazine column on ""Failures,"" and an annotated bibliography.