FAILURE ANALYSIS CASE STUDY INFORMATION DISSEMINATOR. TECHNICAL NOTE

Since 1989, the American Society of Civil Engineers Technical Council on Forensic Engineering has conducted two surveys to gauge the need for teaching failure analysis topics in the civil engineering curriculum. Although the surveys addressed different topics, the limited availability of instructional materials in failure analysis was a recurring theme. The purpose of this paper is to respond to each of the questionnaires by reporting on the ongoing development of a preliminary Internet web site whereby consultants can contribute failure case studies. These case studies will then be readily available for professors and instructors to use in stand-alone failure analysis courses. The case studies can also be used as supplemental material and can be integrated into existing general civil engineering curriculum courses as well.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Rens, K L
  • Clark, M
  • Knott, A W
• Publication Date: 2000-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 127-131
• Serial:
  • Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0887-3828
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/toc/jpcfev/27/1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Civil engineering; Curricula; Education; Failure analysis; Information dissemination; Internet; Questionnaires; Websites (Information retrieval)
• Identifier Terms: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology; American Society of Civil Engineers
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Education and Training; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00795802
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: WPI-0510652
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 2000 12:00AM