TY - BOOK AU - Díaz de León,Alicia ED - Forensic Engineering Congress ED - American Society of Civil Engineers, ED - American Society of Civil Engineers. ED - Florida Structural Engineers Association, ED - Nanyang Technological University, ED - Ningbo da xue, ED - American Bar Association. TI - Forensic Engineering 2015: performance of the built environment : proceedings of the Seventh Congress on Forensic Engineering, November 15-18, 2015, Miami, Florida SN - 9781523103256 PY - 2015///] CY - Reston, Virginia PB - ASCE KW - Forensic engineering KW - Congresses KW - Structural failures KW - Investigation N1 - Includes bibliographical references; ACI 562 The Concrete Repair Code -- Using ACI 562 as the Standard to Assess Damages in Existing Concrete Structures -- Structural Repair of a Concrete Parking Garage Structure Using ACI 562 -- Load Testing Techniques for the Strength Evaluation of Existing Reinforced Concrete Structures -- Air Leakage, Moisture Migration, and Condensation in a Building Enclosure -- Balcony View -- Adhered Masonry Veneer Failures -- Investigation and Repair of a Curtain Wall Damaged by a Blast -- Forensic Fac⁺ʹade Restoration of the Lost Gems of NYC -- The Tale of Two Stones -- Weeping Stucco Buckets -- Interpreting Damage to Existing Structures Adjacent to Construction Sites -- Determining Damage Contributions from the Loss or Instability of Soil within a Foundation's Influence Zone -- A Case Study of Ground Vibrations Due to Pile Driving in Mobile, Alabama -- Site Characterization and Evaluation of a Deep-Seated Slope Movement -- Forensic Investigation of Concrete Masonry Wall Cracking -- Lessons Learnt from the Partial Collapse of a Historical Masonry Building -- Benefits of Helical Bar Reinforcing in Preserving Historic Masonry Facades -- Failure of a Thin Limestone Facade -- Thickness Swell in Particle Board : A Forensic Tool for the Duration of Loss -- Wood Swelling : Pressures Exerted from Saturated Wood Materials -- Needle in a Haystack : Identifying Failure Origin Pieces in Heat-Treated Glass -- Electrical Resistivity Measurement to Study Alkali-Silica-Reaction Cracking in Mortar; Hail Impact Testing of Masonite Shingles -- Hail Evaluation of Bituminous Roofing Membranes : Understanding Interply Mopping Voids -- Assessing Wind-Damaged Masonite Shingles -- The Anatomy of the Failure of a Wood Panelized Roof Sub-Purlin Hanger -- Richmond Hill Subdivision Explosion Case Study -- Performance of Structures Subjected to the West Fertilizer Company Explosion -- Investigation of the Fragment Impact and Blast Shock Wave on Window Breakage -- Column-Reinforcing Cage Stability and Construction Safety -- A Case Study on the Partial Collapse of a Building with a Light Gage Steel Framing System -- Issues Facing Design Professionals through the Lens of Two Rain-Induced Roof Collapses -- Prevention of Construction Failures : A Systematic Approach -- Hurricane Wind-Generated Debris Impact Damage to the Glazing of a High-Rise Building -- Hurricane Andrew : Whatever Happened to My Argument to Abolish Prescriptive Building Codes? -- Building Code Changes Resulting from FEMA's Hurricane Sandy Mitigation Assessment Team Report -- Evaluation and Repair of Tornado Damage to a Historic Church -- The Benefit of Using Bayesian Structural Reliability Language and Theory in a Forensic Investigation of an Existing Building -- Case Studies of Finite Element Analysis in Structural Investigations -- 3D Documentation and Printing in Forensics -- Evaluating the Validity and Reliability of Crack Dating Methods in the U.S. Legal System -- Structural Damage Allocation from Sequential Earthquakes; Residential 3D Model Wind Tunnel Pressure Testing -- Numerical Investigation of the Failures Observed in Eccentrically-Braced Frames in the Aftermath of the Christchurch Earthquake Series (2010-2011) -- Experimental and Numerical Investigation on the Resistance and Failure Behavior of Ductile Concrete-Filled Double-Skin Tube Columns Subjected to Post-Earthquake Fires -- Walkway Collapse at the Botanical Gardens : A Study in Movement -- Defining Where Progressive Collapse Protection Is Needed -- Uncertainties in Structural Collapse Mitigation -- Disproportionate Collapse How to Check the Computer Analysis -- Investigation of a Tall Ordinary Reinforced Concrete Frame Building Utilizing Uncertainty in Limit State Capacity and Demand -- A Case Study on the Construction Defects of Reinforced Concrete Walls with Insulated Concrete Forms -- Performance of Industrial Concrete Floors for Wheeled Traffic -- Evaluation and Repair of Insufficiently-Reinforced Precast Concrete Double Tee Members -- Systems for Structural Failure Investigations in the United States -- Survey of the Means of Egress Provisions in the Construction Codes of the City of New York -- Incident Site Management Managing and Documenting an Incident Scene -- Developing the RIght Protocol for Investigations; Can a Single Flood Event Result in Fungal Growth beneath Tile? -- Cross-Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety -- Challenges with a Roof Collapse : Causation, Subrogation, and Structural Rehabilitation -- Failure Histories of Three Masonry Structures : Liability of the Professional Figures Involved during the Design and Construction Phases -- Forensic Engineering Analysis of the Standard of Care in Construction Claims -- The Standard of Care and Ethics of Forensic Engineering Testimony -- Forensic Engineering Issues of Transition -- The Peer Review Process in Forensic Engineering -- Evaluation of a Damaged Steel Commercial Structure, Long Island, NY -- Metal Corrosion : A Qualitative Analysis -- Coupon Testing : An Essential Tool for Understanding Historic Steel -- Seismic Restoration Cost Curve of Curved Steel Bridges -- Collapses of Single Column Pier Bridges in China -- Finite Element Analysis of Cable-Stayed Strands' Failure Due to Fire -- Early Age Cracking in a SHCC Bridge Deck Link Slab -- Analysis of Design Standards and Recommended Practices for Agricultural Storage Bins -- Partial Failure of a Bulk Storage Facility : Construction Defect vs. Design Error -- Steel Bin Failure and Partial Collapse of a Coal Processing Plant -- Load Testing as Part of the Evaluation of a Recently Constructed Precast Concrete Parking Structure -- The Progressive Collapse of Single-Layer Dome Roof Structures; Environmental Loading on Temporary Structures Based on the 2014 NYC Building Code -- Buckling Analysis of Arched Structures Using Finite Element Analysis -- Field Investigation of a Failed Concrete Cone Spreader inside of a Cement Mixing Silo -- Establishing In-Place Structural Drying Goals : A Scientific Approach -- Review of the Codes and Standards for Noise and Vibration Investigations in Buildings -- Consideration of Wet Service Conditions on the Performance of Bowstring Trusses -- Investigation of the Different Types of Seismic Base Isolators for a Continuous Box Girder Bridge -- Ceiling Failures -- Investigation of Sprayed Fire-Resistive Material and In Situ Bond Failure -- Jacking Columns of Existing Structures under Existing Loads -- Numerical Simulation of Cement-Treated Soil Reinforced with Coir Fiber Subjected to Flexural Loading UR - https://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpFEPBEPSR/forensic-engineering/forensic-engineering ER -