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Forensic Structural Engineering Handbook - Hardcover

by Robert Ratay
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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert RatayPublish date:2009-12-01Pages:688
Languages:EnglishPublisher:McGraw-Hill CompaniesISBN-13:9780071498845ISBN-10:71498842UPC:9780071498845Book Category:Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:CivilSize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.40 inchesWeight:2.35Product ID:SCPQ5WZ9SC
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The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Resource on Forensic Structural Engineering

Thoroughly revised and featuring contributions from leading experts, this definitive handbook offers comprehensive treatment of forensic structural engineering and expert witness delivery. From exploring the possible origins of errors, through investigating and analyzing failures, to working with the legal profession for assigning responsibilities, Forensic Structural Engineering Handbook, Second Edition covers every important topic in the field.

  • The design and construction process
  • Design and construction safety codes, standards, and regulations
  • Standard of care and duty to perform
  • First steps and legal concerns after a failure
  • Engineering investigation of failures
  • Origins and causes of failures
  • Loads and hazards
  • Design errors, construction defects, and project miscommunication
  • Defects, deterioration, and durability
  • Mechanisms and analyses of failures in steel, concrete, masonry, timber, and temporary structures; building envelope; and structural foundations
  • Litigation and dispute resolution
  • The expert consultant and witness
Languages:EnglishPublisher:McGraw-Hill CompaniesISBN-13:9780071498845ISBN-10:71498842UPC:9780071498845Book Category:Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:CivilSize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.40 inchesWeight:2.35Product ID:SCPQ5WZ9SC
Robert Ratay is an acknowledged expert in forensic structural engineering, and has an active consulting practice in that field. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University where he has been teaching the graduate course of Forensic Structural Engineering which he created and developed some years ago, and for which the Handbook of Forensic Structural Engineering is the standard textbook. Ratay has lectured at conferences and seminars in the U.S. and abroad and published in U.S. and international journals on forensic structural engineering.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

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2nd Edition

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Robert Ratay

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Robert Ratay

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