Designing to avoid disaster the nature of fracture-critical design /

Fisher, Thomas, 1953-

Designing to avoid disaster the nature of fracture-critical design / [electronic resource] : Thomas Fisher. - New York : Routledge, 2013. - xii, 253 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-246) and index.

pt. I. The nature of fracture-critical design -- pt. II. How fracture-critical design affects our lives -- pt. III. Designing to avoid future disasters.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780203113295 (electronic bk.)




Design--Methodology.
Safety factor in engineering.


Electronic books.

NK1520 / .F57 2013

620.8/6