Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Breakdown : deadly technological disasters

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Breakdown : deadly technological disasters / Neil Schlager ; foreword by Henry Petroski. — Detroit [etc.] : Visible Ink, cop. 1995

XXI, 254 p. ; 24 cm

Sumario: Air & space disasters (Hinderburg crash. TWA super-constellation and united airlines DC-7 collision. Apollo 1 capsule fire. Soyuz 11 reentry disaster. Challenger explosion. United Airlines Boeing 747 explosion. United Airlines DC-10 crash. Lauda Air Boeing 767-300 crash. El Al Boeing 747-200 crash) -- Disasters at sea (Sinking of the Titanic. Andrea Doria-Stockholm collision. Thresher sinking. Scorpion sinking. Ocean Ranger oil-drilling rig sinking. Exxon Valdez oil spill) -- Automobile failures (Ford Pinto rear-impacr defect. Firestone 500 steel-belted tire failure. Audi 5000 sudden acceleration) -- Chemical & nuclear disasters (Windscale reactor complex fire. Three Mile Island accident. Tsuruga radioactive waste spill. Ginna power plant radioactive release. Bhopal toxic vapor leak. Institute, West Virginia, toxic vapor leak. Chernobyl accident) -- Bridge, building & other structural collapses (Molassess spill. Tacoma narrows bridge collapse. Ronan point tower collapse. MGM Grand Hotel fire. Hyatt Regency hotel walkways collapse. East Chicago, Indiana, highway ramp collapse. Mianus river bridge collapse. Stava Dam failure. Schoharie Creek bridge collapse. L'Ambiance plaza collapse)

ISBN 0-7876-0478-X

1. Accidentes mayores . 2. Historia . 3. Riesgo tecnológico . 4. Casos prácticos . 5. Seguridad de sistemas . 6. Análisis de fallos . 7. Investigación de accidentes . I. Petroski, Henry . II. Title.

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