6.

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Facts

Ideas

Learning Issues

-does not mean only

1. Soil condition.

2. Natural
disaster.

3. Soil
liquifaction.

4. Bad Design.

errors of computation
and improper choice of
materials or
misunderstanding of
their properties.
- excellently designed

5. Foundation
Failure.

and constructed
structure will not stand
on a bad foundation.
Although the structure
will carry its loads,the
earth beneath it may
not.
- has been the most

6. Faulty
Construction.

important cause of
structural failure. The
engineer is also at fault
here, if inspection has

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been lax.

7. Unexpected
Failure Modes

- Any new type of

structure is subject to
unexpected failure, until
its properties are well
understood.