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6-story Bronx building’s partial collapse: façade falls of raining down bricks
- Feb, 02, 2022
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Masonry Structures Concrete Structures Other Structural Structural Stability Forensic Engineering News On Failures Other News
- United States, New York
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Part of the facade of a vacant six-story Bronx building under construction collapsed on Tuesday. The partial collapse sent bricks falling onto an awning and the sidewalk below. No injuries were repor...
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India: 5 fatalities, several injuries as building collapses in Pune
- Feb, 04, 2022
- Concrete Structures Structural Failures Damage (Structural) Structure Reinforcement Structural Design Masonry Structures Structural Stability News On Failures News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- India, Pune
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Five people were killed and several others were injured when an under-construction building in Pune, India collapsed late on Thursday night, police officials said. The authorities launched a probe to...
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Engineering concepts behind the stability of famous masonry domes confirmed
- May, 26, 2020
- Masonry Structures Domes (Structure) Structural Stability News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Research conducted at Princeton University and the University of Bergamo unearths the technical secrets behind famous self-supporting masonry domes such as the dome of the duomo of Maria del Fiore in...
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