New Engineering Disasters Resource

Heriot-Watt staff and students now have access to Engineering Case Studies Online, which will be useful for students and staff studying all types of engineering.

Screenshot of Engineering Case Studies Online, showing coverage of the Ford Pinto controversy These case studies focus on the causes of engineering failures, and give a short summary of the incident, alongside original documents, eyewitness accounts, inquiry reports and TV documentaries.

Many well-known engineering disasters are covered, including:

Piper Alpha

Windscale Fire

Space Shuttle Challenger

Big Dig Ceiling Collapse

If you have any questions about using Engineering Case Studies Online, please contact your Subject Librarian.

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by Kirsty Thomson on 16 February 2015  •  Permalink
Posted in Built Environment, EPS, Petroleum Engineering

Posted by Kirsty Thomson on 16 February 2015

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2015/02/16/new-engineering-disasters-resource/

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