Bridge failures and lessons learnt : future-proofing to prevent disasters

Around the world, bridge failures are occurring on an almost monthly basis. Bridge Failures and Lessons Learnt: Future-proofing to prevent disasters uses case studies from history, as well as more recent events, to analyse in detail the causes and consequences of these failures, shedding light on te...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Fish, Richard (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
Subjects
Civil engineering.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781836085584
DOI10.1680/9781836085560
Physical Description1 online resource (192 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Historical collapses
  • Chapter 3. Causes of bridge failures
  • Chapter 4. Investigations and knowledge sharing
  • Chapter 5. Historical case studies
  • Chapter 6. Twenty-first century case studies
  • Chapter 7. Understanding bridge condition
  • Chapter 8. Understanding and managing risk
  • Chapter 9. Professional responsibility and ethics
  • Chapter 10. Climate change implications
  • Chapter 11. The shape of things to come?
  • Chapter 12. Summary and conclusions.

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