Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Paconius and the Pedestal for Apollo
- 3 Vitruvius's Auger and Galileo's Bones: Paradigms of Limits to Size in Design
- 4 Galileo and the Marble Column
- 5 Galileo's Confirmation of a False Hypothesis
- 6 The Design and Collapse of the Dee Bridge
- 7 The Britannia Tubular Bridge
- 8 Failure as a Source of Engineering Judgment
- 9 The Design Climate for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
- 10 Historic Bridge Failures and Caveats for Future Designs
- 11 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Paconius and the Pedestal for Apollo
- 3 Vitruvius's Auger and Galileo's Bones: Paradigms of Limits to Size in Design
- 4 Galileo and the Marble Column
- 5 Galileo's Confirmation of a False Hypothesis
- 6 The Design and Collapse of the Dee Bridge
- 7 The Britannia Tubular Bridge
- 8 Failure as a Source of Engineering Judgment
- 9 The Design Climate for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
- 10 Historic Bridge Failures and Caveats for Future Designs
- 11 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Design ParadigmsCase Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994