6 Structural Construction Failures, and What Engineers Have Learned From Them

in structural •  3 years ago 

Scientists sometimes get a little excited when an experiment doesn't work the way they expect it to. It's an opportunity to learn something new about the world, and they can always change the experiment a bit to try again next time.

Engineering... is a little bit different. Designers and engineers generally prefer to find out something's wrong before it's built instead of after, because engineering failures can be disastrous. But engineering failures have happened and, if nothing else, they're an opportunity to learn what not to do next time.

6 Structural Construction Failures, and What Engineers Have Learned From Them as following.

  1. Tay Bridge

When Tay Bridge was opened in 1878, Scotland's 3.2 km & was the longest bridge in the world.

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