Overlooked or Ignored Modes of Failure
By Henry Petroski
Design flaws aren’t always fatal, but they can be an expensive liability.
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March-April 2019
Volume 107, Number 2
Page 90
Not all engineering failures are as dramatic as a bridge collapse, but their effects can range from the disconcerting to the disfiguring to the fatal. And the kinds of structures involved can range from the smallest decorative ones to the largest landmarks.
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