Case Studies

Cases Organized by Subject Area:

Building Failures

Bridge Failures

Dam Failures

Other Failure Cases

 

Cases in chronological order:

Dee Bridge, 1847

Johnstown Flood, 1889

Quebec Bridge, 1907

Austin (Pennsylvania) Dam, 1911

Transcona and Fargo Grain Elevators, 1913 and 1955

Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse, 1940

Liberty Ship Fatigue Failures, 1943 - 1945 

Bomber Crash into Empire State Building, 1945

Comet Jet Aircraft Crashes, 1954

New York Coliseum, 1955

Air Force Warehouses, 1955 - 1956

Cleveland Lift-Slab Parking Garage, 1956

Malpasset Dam, 1959

Vaiont Dam, 1963

Point Pleasant/Silver Bridge Collapse, 1967

Ronan Point, 1968

2000 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, 1971

Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia, 1973

Teton Dam, 1976

Citicorp Tower, 1978

Hartford Civic Center, 1978

Willow Island cooling tower, 1978

Kemper Arena, 1979

Harbor Cay Condominium, Florida, 1981

Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse, 1981

Mianus River Bridge, 1983

Space Shuttle Challenger, 1986

L’Ambiance Plaza Collapse, 1987

Schoharie Creek Bridge, 1987

Pittsburgh Midfield Terminal Precast Beam Collapse, 1990

Steel Frame Connections in Northridge Earthquake, 1994

Oklahoma City Murrah Federal Building Bombing, 1995

Sampoong Superstore, 1995

Agricultural Warehouses, 2000

Cold-formed Steel Beam Construction Failure, 2001

World Trade Center Attack, September 11, 2001

Pentagon Attack, September 11, 2001

New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Levee Failures, 2005

Boston Big Dig Tunnel Collapse, 2006

Autoroute 19 de la Concorde Overpass

Pittsburgh Convention Center Expansion Joint Failure, 2007

Minneapolis I-35W Bridge Collapse, 2007

Undated cases:

Shrinkage of Concrete Masonry Units and Swelling of Brick Masonry

Stepped Roof Structure, Elwood, Long Island

REU Student Cases

 

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