{"product_id":"decoding-disasters-isbn-9781394319503","title":"Decoding Disasters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnderstanding failures and disasters using case studies and simple engineering techniques\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDecoding Disasters\u003c\/i\u003e provides illustrated failure case histories on a multitude of technologies and shows how engineering analysis can explain and help professionals understand them. For each case, the analysis technique is included so that the reader can adapt and apply it to their own situation. Different techniques are developed to show how the methods can be applied in various disciplines. This book guides readers to determine what likely occurred in each case with a minimum amount of data and without speculating. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach example in this book states the problem, theorizes a conceptual cause, verifies the cause by analysis (i.e. a mathematical model) and actual data, shows the use of the various engineering equations, and documents a solution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this comprehensive guide, readers will learn about: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eViewing disasters not solely as a matter of emergency response, but also more holistically as social constructs between natural extremes, human populations, and the built environment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEconomic, environmental, and human impacts of disasters\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow growth calculations can evaluate the past and present and be applied to likely future events\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDisasters stemming from shortcuts in the design process to meet the demands and needs of society\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is an excellent learning resource not only for practicing engineers, but also government and regulatory officials who can enact changes to prevent future repeat failures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1  Methods For Analyzing Failures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Mathematical Modelling\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Methods For Solving Problems\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.1 The Scientific Method\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 The Crack Growth Equation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Failure Of Carbon Fiber In Compressive Fatigue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Failure Of Carbon Fiber, Titanium and Steels In Compressive Fatigue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Cycles To Failure For Carbon Fiber Laminate And Stainless Steel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Ockham's Razor\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Industrial Mechanical Equipment Failures\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Failure In A Large Stirred Processing Reactor\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Spline Lock-Up and Broken Shaft Due To Extruder Wear\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Ship Propeller Impact Damage\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 How A Turbo Jet Aircraft Engine Works And Fails\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Failure of a G.E. CF-6-6 Turbo-Fan Fan Disk On a DC-10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Loss Of A Turbine Blade\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3  Industrial Mechanical Vibration Failures\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Examining An Aircraft Engine-Gearbox-Propeller Torsional System\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Coupling Failure Of A Motor-Gearbox-High Speed Compressor System\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 The Slip-Stick Phenomena\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 The Windshield Wiper Chatter Problem\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Catastrophic Failure Of A Vibrating Centrifuge Deck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Catastrophic Implosion Of The Deep Sea Submersible Titan\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Titan Deep Diving Vessel Implosion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Evidence From Titan Debris\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 The Titan Submersible Design\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5  Potential Earth Catastrophes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 What Is The Chance The 2029 Meteor Apophis Will Impact Earth?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 What Damage Would An Asteroid Impact Such As Apophis Cause?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 What If The Chelyabinsk Meteor Had Impacted Earth?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Preventing An Asteroid From Impacting Earth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 The Damage Potential Of Solar Flares\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Flight Dynamics And Major Disasters\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 How Does An Aircraft Fly?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Stalls And Flat Spins And Crash of Flight 2283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 How Can A Drone Helicopter Fly On Mars ?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Disappearance Of Malaysian Flight MH370\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Why Did The Nose Wheel Collapse On A Boeing 767?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 What Happened To The Space Shuttle Columbia?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 Why Did The Door Blow Out Of The Boeing 737 Max 9 ?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 Why Did Hail Destroy The Nose Of An Airbus 320 ?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.9 Damage Due To A Tire Falling Off A Boeing 777 Aircraft\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.10 How Does A Hummingbird Fly?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.11 How Do Fish Swim?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Impact Disasters\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Average And Peak Impact Forces\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Examining The Head On Impact Of Two Vehicles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Design Use Of The Head On Impact Equation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Can A Water Filled Membrane Be Used As A Safety Device?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 What Happens When A Turkey Vulture Impacts A Car?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Structure Failures\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 What Causes Tower Cranes To Collapse?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Walkway Collapse\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Bridge Collapse With Ship Impact\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Collapse of Electrical Power Transmission Towers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 The Progressive Failure Collapse Of Structurally Deficient Buildings\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9  Concerns Relating To Heat Transfer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Elevated Temperature In A Vehicle\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 How Long Should It Take To Heat My Home?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Fireplace Heat Transfer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Raising The Temperature Of A Room With A Fireplace\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 Explosion Catastrophes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Can A Kitchen Full Of Natural Gas Destroy A Home?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Would The Home Water Heater Explode?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Would The Pressure Cooker Actually Explode?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 How Does An Underground Pipeline Explode?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Explosive Effect Of A Volume Of Enclosed Vapor\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 Natural Disasters\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 How Are Tornadoes Formed?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Force Of A Tornado\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 How Are Hurricanes Formed?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Determining The Effect Of A Hurricane’s Storm Surge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Determining A Hurricane’s Path\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Lateral Sliding And Vertical Uplift Earthquake Models\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 Yellowstone Caldera Is Rising, When Will It Erupt Or Will It?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.8 Why The Yellowstone Caldera Plate Surface Doesn’t Get Hot\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.9 The Next Great Tsunami\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.10 What Causes Straight Line Wind Damage?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.11 Will The Tilting Tree Up-Root?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.12 Why Didn’t The Tree Limb Break?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.13 Why Did The Tree Splinter In A Hurricane?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.14 Some Final Thoughts About Trees\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12  Catastrophes Relating To Flooding\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 A Simple Explanation Of Flooding Using A Bathtub Analogy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Why Didn’t My Home Flood?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Why Does Lake Houston Rise Above The Spillway?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Kingwood Flooding May 1-3, 2024\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 What Caused The Street To Flood?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 Sudden Flooding Of Kingwood Drive\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13  Probabilities\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1  Are We All Alone In The Universe?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2  What Is The Probability Of A Piece Of Machinery Failing This Year?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3  Reciprocating Gas-Engine Compressors Failures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4  Pressure Vessels, Piping , Steam Boiler Failures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5  Other Type Machinery Failures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14  Why Question The Ingenuity Of Humans?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 How Did The Egyptians Transport 75 Ton Granite Stones From the Quarry?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 How Were The Pyramids Built?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 How Did The Ancients Move Mega-Blocks On Hard Land?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Using A Human Powered Crane To Lift Mega-Blocks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 Moving Huge Pyramid Stones By Rolling\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.6 Moving Large Blocks With Rollers On Rails\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 15  Some Curious Questions Answered\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Why Does A Whip Make A Large Crack Noise?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 My Wife’s Broken Chair And A Failure Cause\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Zero Is Equal To One Or Mathematics Can Trick You\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Why Won’t My Truck Start?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5 Force Of A Hardball On A Bat And Hand\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.6 Why Doesn't My Hand Hurt When I Hit A Nail With A Hammer?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.7 Pop-Out Strength Of High Rise Windows\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 16  Engineering Equations Explained\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.1 Force Balance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.2 Inertial Law or Newton's Second Law\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.3 Centrifugal Force\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.4 Potential Energy (P.E.)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.5 Kinetic Energy (K.E.)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.6 Energy Balances In Mechanical\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.7 Energy Balances In Heat Transfer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.8 Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.9 The Specific Heat Equation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.10 Shear Force and Pressures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.11 Energy Caused By Frictional Rubbing And Shearing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.12 The Momentum Equation And The Conservation Of Momentum\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.13 Probability Of Something Occurring In A Given Time\u003c\/p\u003e 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