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Failure Mechanisms in Building Construction by David H. Nicastro is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Publisher's description: This book is the result of the editor's efforts to understand why buildings fail. He has combined his experience investigating the causes of building failures with extensive research, in order to present detailed descriptions of the causes and identifying characteristics of a wide range of failure mechanisms. This book also includes an index of these various mechanisms, along with numerous case studies taken and expanded from his ongoing magazine column on "Failures," and an annotated bibliography. A section on performing failure investigations puts the material into a practical context. Read more... Abstract: 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. Read more...

Who reads Failure Mechanisms in Building Construction?

Author

David H. Nicastro

Publisher

American Society of Civil Engineers; Brand: American Society of Civil Engineers

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780784405420

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Engineering, History, Crafts & Hobbies

Rating

5 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14