Failure in Engineering
Engr 111, “What is ‘failure’ in engineering, and why should I enter a profession that depends on failure?”
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Engineering || Design Your World
Engineers create what has not been; they make things that have never existed before… This DVD features the amazing achievements of globally renowned Australian engineers and their contribution in designing some of the world’s most impressive creations.
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How would I counter an argument about the failures of genetic engineering in humans?
Question by Somebody: How would I counter an argument about the failures of genetic engineering in humans?
I am doing a health debate for my health class, and I was assigned Pro genetic engineering in humans. I have all my information and refutes down, but I still do not know how I am going to counter when the other team brings up the failures of genetic engineering.
For example:
Other Team: You say that with genetic enginering, the whole world could be cured of disease. Considering that out of 238 human subjects, 34 had serious side effects afterwards, and only 4 subjects were deemed successful. If we were to branch off and focus more on genetic engineering, our population would significantly decrease with unsucessful tests like these.
What would I say to counter that?
Best answer:
Answer by Eric
Genetic engineering is still in early stages of study.
We are not even close to finished with research in this field, and given some time, we will have improved these tests.
We normally only run these tests on terminally ill patients, and these kinds of tests give subjects a chance at a better life, even if there is a chance of adverse side effects.
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Stupid Engineering question about foundation design…?
Question by madaznfootballer: Stupid Engineering question about foundation design…?
in foundation design where I have to use continuous footing, is that adequate enough to have just continuous footings with rebar around the all the walls of a 2 story commercial structure…or am i missing some other necessary components (i.e. slab on grade, spread footings, etc…)….sorry i’m new at this…
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Answer by jay13178
There’s nothing wrong with a continuous footing around a 2 story structure. If you have columns inside you’ll need pads for those as well of course. A slab on grade would work also, as long as you’re not in an area that freezes. I don’t know what your exterior walls are like, but if they’re light, like metal siding, you could even just attach them to columns and use spread footers at the columns. I assume though that it’s probably the typical masonry facade with a wood or steel stud wall making up the real structure. I would probably go with the strip footer like you indicated, for simplicity and low cost.
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Why is failures important in engineering?
Question by kAlEY: Why is failures important in engineering?
Best answer:
Answer by ahlee123@verizon.net
It’s the whole “learn from your mistakes” thing.
It’s cliche but it works
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2of5 Modern Marvels: Engineering Disasters 4
Sinking bridges, deadly fires and sickening collapses serve as lessons to generations of engineers to create a safer future. In engineering, it is a rare disaster that does not hold a valuable lesson within its wreckage. The latest installment in the popular MODERN MARVELS® series examining catastrophes heads from America’s highways, where the Corvair was famously dubbed “unsafe at any speed” and a floating bridge sank in Seattle, to the skies, where crashes of the world’s first commercial jet pointed the way to a simple design change that made the modern air transportation industry possible. Each segment features interviews with experts like Asif Siddigi (author of Challenge to Apollo) and auto safety consultant Byron Bloch, along with compelling footage of disasters, re-creations and laboratory tests demonstrating the failures and analysis of the changes they helped spur. Dark clouds with silver linings, engineering disasters are the tragic, yet invaluable, handmaidens of technological progress.
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3 Unbelieveable Engineering Disasters
3 Unbelieveable Engineering Disasters
As impressive as some our modern inventions may seem, there is always a chance for our designs to fail. To err is human, as the old adage states. Major endeavors, such as the design and construction of a new building, rely on the collective knowledge of hundreds of individuals. Having said that, the success of any project will depend greatly on the weakest link in the chain of knowledge. This is precisely the reason mechanical engineering jobs are in such high demand. The following is a collection of the three worst engineering failures in the modern era.
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated off the coast of Florida causing the deaths of its seven crew members. It is believed that an O-ring seal on the right solid rocket booster failed, causing a breach in the joint and allowing hot, pressurized gas from within the rocket motor to escape. This led to the structural failure of the external tank and precipitated, with the assistance of aerodynamic forces, the complete breakup of the vehicle. The failure of the O-rings was attributed to a faulty design by the Rogers Commission.
Chernobyl Nuclear Meltdown
On April 26, 1986, the world witnessed the worst nuclear power plant disaster in history at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine. The resulting explosion(s) resulted in the release of significant amounts of radiation into the atmosphere, producing over 400X more fallout than the bombing of Hiroshima. While human error may have played a role in the disaster, flaws in the design of the control rods are thought to have been the root cause of the accident. The authorities remain largely unsure of the effects of the radiation exposure, and the area is still heavily contaminated over 20 later.
New Orleans Levee System
In August of 2005, a series of hurricanes hammered the areas in and around New Orleans, Louisiana. It is believed that there were over 50 individual failures in the levee systems and flood walls intended to protect the city of New Orleans. These levee failures contributed to the flooding of over 85% of the city, with some areas under ten feet of water or more. In 2006, the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, in testimony before the U.S Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Water, conceded that there were “problems with the design of the structure”. New Orleans, Louisiana remains a disaster zone to this day.
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Will liberals ever admit to the failures of social engineering in the 1970s?
Question by Annie Coulter’s Little Black Dress: Will liberals ever admit to the failures of social engineering in the 1970s?
Remember the “Terror Towers” of public housing in the inner cities. At least we got the comedy series “Good Times” from it, and it also made for cheaper real estate when the yuppies went in during the 1990s and did urban renewal. What do you think?
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Answer by Me
All liberals did was create more racism and urban violence.
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Know of any cool soils engineering failures?
Question by a_guy_from_wa_state: Know of any cool soils engineering failures?
I have to do a report on a geotechnical case study like a foundation failure (Tower of Pisa), landslide, dam, etc,
Do you know of any of these type of failures where there were lessons learned that could be useful for engineers on future designs?
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Answer by itsbob1
Earthen dam failures, levies etc… Try a Google search.
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Examples of engineering failures such as the Hindenburg?
Question by Wes: Examples of engineering failures such as the Hindenburg?
I’m doing a project on “Most Extreme Engineering Failures” and I’m looking for some examples like the Hindenburg.
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Answer by billrussell42
The most famous is the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
but there are hundreds of others. Check the link, there are 100 bridge disasters alone.
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