Forensic Engineering: from failure to understanding : From Failure to Understanding: Proceedings of the Two Day International Conference Organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers and Held in Lon

The papers prepared for the Institution of Civil Engineers; Fourth International Conference on Forensic Engineering, held in London on 2-4 December 2008. This book recognizes and discusses the fact that, while collapses are the most spectacular type of failures covered in the field of forensic engineering, the discipline also includes, for example, the investigation of failures in serviceability as well as performance during construction and over the lifespan of the structures.