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Failure Analysis
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Guide4 Aug 2026Learning from Catastrophe: Seven Investigations That Changed PracticeSeven formal investigations between 1979 and 2010 that changed engineering practice across industries. In every one, the physical mechanism was known or knowable beforehand.8 min readRead MoreGuide4 Aug 2026Long Spans and Hard Lessons: Sydney Harbour, Golden Gate and Tacoma NarrowsTwo celebrated bridges and one destroyed one. The collapse taught the profession more than either success, and the mechanism is still widely taught wrongly.7 min readRead MoreGuide4 Aug 2026Pressure, Speed and Escape: Jet Airliners, Supersonic Flight and SpaceflightFour milestones from a two-second rocket flight to a lunar landing, and one fatigue failure that changed how every aircraft since has been certified.7 min readRead MoreGuide4 Aug 2026The Gothic Structural System: Ribbed Vault, Pointed Arch and Flying ButtressFour milestones in which builders working without any theory of statics arrived, by observation and by failure, at a structural system of remarkable efficiency.7 min readRead More