Engineering process failure - Hyatt walkway collapse

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 46-50

  Moncarz, Piotr D ^a   Taylor, Robert K ^b  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b Des Res Engrg   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CONNECTION CAPACITY; WALKWAYS;

FOOTBRIDGES;

EID: 0033745975     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2000)14:2(46)     Document Type: Article

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