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Petroski, Henry
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Engineering design -- Case studies
System failures (Engineering) -- Case studies
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Design paradigms : c...
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Design
paradigms
:
case
histories
of
error
and
judgment
in
engineering
/ Henry Petroski.
by
Petroski, Henry
Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Subjects
Engineering
design
--
Case
studies
System failures (
Engineering
) --
Case
studies
Description:
xii, 209 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Introduction -- Paconius & the pedestal for Apollo : a paradigm of
error
in conceptual
design
-- Virtuvius's auger & Galileo's bones :
paradigms
of limits to size in
design
-- Galileo & the marble column : a paradigm of a
design
change for the worse -- Galileo's confirmation of a false hypothesis : a paradigm of logical
error
in
design
-- The
design
& collapse of the dee bridge : a paradigm of success masking
error
-- The Britannia Tubular bridge : paradigm of tunnel vision in
design
-- Failure as a source of
engineering
judgement : John Roebling as a paradigmatic designer --
Design
climate for the Tacoma Narrows bridge : paradigm of the selective use of history -- Historic bridge failures & caveats for future designs -- Conclusion.
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Walter Schroeder Library
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TA174 .P473 1994
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