Including Failure Case Studies in Civil Engineering Courses
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Although the ideal would be to teach a special course in failure studies of constructed facilities in which appropriate lecture materials are available, an alternative is to add failure case studies to existing civil engineering courses. A method by which this can be accomplished without requiring additional expenditures of time and money, and special forensic expertise by the teacher, is to require a term paper on a review of a specific case study from a civil engineering journal. A detailed description is given on the requirements and administration of the term‐paper assignment during the duration of the course.
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 7 • Issue 3 • August 1993
Pages: 181 - 185
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Copyright © 1993 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Nov 17, 1992
Published online: Aug 1, 1993
Published in print: Aug 1993
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