Engineering disasters often arise from shortcuts in the design process. Engineering is the science and technology used to meet the needs and demands of...
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Modern Marvels (section Engineering Disasters)
1970s, 24 original Engineering Disasters episodes have been on Modern Marvels. The packaging on the box set of Engineering Disasters episodes 4-20 (as...
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occurred at the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) chemical plant in Henderson, Nevada. The disaster caused two fatalities,...
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natural disaster risk List of all known deadly earthquakes since 1900 List of disasters in Canada List of disasters in Indonesia List of disasters in the...
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List of disasters in Taiwan List of disasters in Thailand List of disasters in the United States List of disasters by cost List of engineering blunders...
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Hyatt Regency walkway collapse (redirect from Hyatt Hotel disaster)
Retrieved December 3, 2011. The Associated Press Library of Disasters: Nuclear and Industrial Disasters. Grolier Academic Reference. 1997. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-7172-9176-2...
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to reduce the disaster risks. Nature alone is blamed for disasters even when disasters result from failures in development. Disasters also result from...
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This list of disasters in Canada includes major disasters (arranged by date), either man-made or natural, that occurred on Canadian soil or in Canadian...
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This article lists notable industrial disasters, which are disasters caused by industrial companies, either by accident, negligence or incompetence. They...
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Retrieved 30 December 2020. "When Buildings Collapse: World's Worst Engineering Disasters". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020. "Britain's Lost Battlefields...
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Lake Peigneur (redirect from Jefferson Island disaster)
Oil rig disasters – Offshore Drilling Rig Accidents". Archived from the original on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2017-04-27. "Engineering Disasters 5". Modern...
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Surgery Disasters, the main stuff I was listening to was Bauhaus, Les Baxter and The Groundhogs." "Charts.nz – Dead Kennedys – Plastic Surgery Disasters". Hung...
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Mayday (Canadian TV series) (redirect from Air Disasters (TV series))
and other disasters. Mayday uses re-enactments and computer-generated imagery to reconstruct the sequence of events leading up to each disaster. In addition...
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Whisker (metallurgy) (category Electronic engineering)
of metal whiskering were chronicled on History Channel's program Engineering Disasters 19. Several approaches are used to reduce or eliminate whisker growth...
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use forensic engineers to prove liability or nonliability. Most engineering disasters (structural failures such as bridge and building collapses) are...
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Silver Bridge (redirect from Silver Bridge disaster)
Justin (September 25, 2019). "Untitled Engineering Disaster Podcast-like content Episode 1: The Silver Bridge Disaster". YouTube. Retrieved May 8, 2025. "National...
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escrow Feature interaction problem Certification (software engineering) Engineering disasters#Failure due to software Outline of software development List...
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St. Francis Dam (redirect from St. Francis Dam Disaster)
what is considered to have been one of the worst American civil engineering disasters of the 20th century and the third-greatest loss of life in California...
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and returned safely to Earth on April 17. Engineering disasters Industrial disasters List of maritime disasters List of spaceflight-related accidents and...
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dirigibles; their triumphs and disasters. Boston: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-21397-2. Lawson, Don S. (2005). Engineering disasters: lessons to be learned...
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Air Crash". Seconds from Disaster. Season 3. Episode 3. September 6, 2006. National Geographic Channel. "Engineering Disasters 20". Modern Marvels. Season...
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Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to solve problems within technology, increase efficiency...
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Vajont Dam (redirect from Vajont Dam disaster)
was included in the 2008 documentary series Disasters of the Century. The TV show Seconds from Disaster featured the event in episode two, "Mountain...
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page lists the estimated economic costs of relatively recent disasters. The costs of disasters vary considerably depending on a range of factors, such as...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service. Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX, pronounced "teeks") is a...
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) (category Bridge disasters caused by engineering error)
traffic. The new parallel bridge opened to traffic in July 2007. Engineering disasters Humen Pearl River Bridge, suspension bridge that shook violently...
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Great Sheffield Flood (redirect from Dale Dyke disaster)
2022. Retrieved 9 March 2020. Buchanan, R Angus. "Special Issue: Engineering Disasters – 4 The Causes of the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864." History of...
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months of operation Category:Engineering failures; not all of them are due to engineering errors Engineering disasters Catastrophic failure Structural...
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Crowd collapses and crushes (redirect from Crowd disaster)
March 1993]. The Causes and Prevention of Crowd Disasters (PDF). First International Conference on Engineering for Crowd Safety (crowdsafe.com ed.). Archived...
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Times Beach, Missouri (category Disasters in Missouri)
was featured on History Channel's Modern Marvels, in the episode "Engineering Disasters 20". During the late 1960s, the Northeastern Pharmaceutical and...
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