[PDF.45oy] To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design

To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design

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 | #29313 in Books |  Vintage |  1992-03-31 |  1992-03-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.55 x5.20l,.56 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Looking Deeper|By Dolores Morisseau|This is an excellent study of how seemingly excellent designs can result in catastrophic failures. The explanations are clear and not so long as to be overwhelmingly. For any professional in the human factors and/or human engineering profession who deals in root cause and accident analyses, it should be a must. It does require some slow and c|.com |The moral of this book is that behind every great engineering success is a trail of often ignored (but frequently spectacular) engineering failures. Petroski covers many of the best known examples of well-intentioned but ultimately failed design in actio

How did a simple design error cause one of the great disasters of the 1980s - the collapse of the walkways at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel? What made the graceful and innovative Tacoma Narrows Bridge twist apart in a mild wind in 1940? How did an oversized waterlily inspire the magnificent Crystal Palace, the crowning achievement of Victorian architecture and engineering? These are some of the failures and successes that Henry Petroski, author of the acclaimed "Th...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design   |  Henry Petroski. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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