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Building under construction 14 dead, 35 injured 1973: Broadway Central Hotel, Mercer Arts Center: New York, NY, US: Hotel and theaters: 4 dead, at least 12 injured 1973: Zeulenroda Artificial Lake bridge: Zeulenroda, Germany : Bridge (under construction) 4 dead 1974: Makahali River bridge: Baitadi, Nepal: Bridge: 140 dead 1974: Miami DEA ...
On March 15, 2018, a 175-foot-long (53 m) section of the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Pedestrian Bridge collapsed while under construction. The collapse resulted in six deaths (one worker and five motorists), ten injuries (six serious and four minor), and eight vehicles being crushed underneath. [1] Of the serious injuries, one employee was ...
Deaths. 10. The Schoharie Creek Bridge was a New York State Thruway (I-90) bridge over the Schoharie Creek near Fort Hunter and the Mohawk River in New York State. On April 5, 1987, it collapsed due to bridge scour at the foundations after a record rainfall. The collapse killed ten people. The replacement bridge was completed and fully open to ...
3-Way Interchange Flyover Bridge, A part of River Bridge; Concrete and steel bridge. Collapsed during construction, Design flaw in curvature section of a span resulted in collapse of a curved span slab during the removal of staging plates. 10 killed, 6 injured. Total collapse of one wing.
The Big Dig ceiling collapse occurred on July 10, 2006, when a concrete ceiling panel and debris weighing 26 short tons (52,000 lb; 24,000 kg) and measuring 20 by 40 feet (6.1 by 12.2 m) fell in Boston's Fort Point Channel Tunnel (which connects to the Ted Williams Tunnel). [1] The panel fell on a car traveling on the two-lane ramp connecting ...
Dam failure. A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled release. [1] Between the years 2000 and 2009 more than 200 notable dam failures happened worldwide. [2]
Malpasset Dam. The Malpasset Dam was an arch dam (convex surface facing upstream) on the Reyran River, north of Fréjus on the French Riviera. It collapsed on 2 December 1959, killing 423 people in the resulting flood. The breach was caused by a tectonic fault in the impermeable rock base, which had been inadequately surveyed.
Structural integrity and failure is an aspect of engineering that deals with the ability of a structure to support a designed structural load (weight, force, etc.) without breaking and includes the study of past structural failures in order to prevent failures in future designs. Structural integrity is the ability of an item—either a ...