Forensic Engineering 2022 - Elevating Forensic Engineering

• Main Authors: Liu, Rui, Mulea, Carmen C, Parfitt, M. Kevin, Cavalline, Tara L
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Reston American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2022; American Society of Civil Engineers
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Civil Engineering & Construction Materials; General References; Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation

Selected papers from the Ninth Congress on Forensic Engineering, held in Denver, Colorado, November 4-7, 2022. Sponsored by the Forensic Engineering Division of ASCE. This collection contains 122 peer-reviewed papers on a wide variety of forensic engineering subjects. Topics include: building enclos...

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• Title Page Preface Table of Contents 1. Dating Hail: Investigation and Determination of the Date of Occurrence of Hail Impact Damage 2. Benefits of Evaluating Interply Bitumen in Bituminous Roofing Membrane Samples in Assessments of Hail Impact Distress 3. Assessing Hail Damage to Concrete Tile Shingles: An Analytical Method and a Case Study 4. Evaluation of Single Ply Roofing Blisters - How Big is Too Big? 5. The Rain Must Drain: An Engineering Perspective on a Common Pitfall of Overlay Reroofing 6. The Unforeseen Impact of Building Modifications to a Roofing Assembly 7. Foreseeable Failure: Roof Collapses and Roof Drainage Deficiencies 8. Evaluation of Existing Buildings for Feasibility of Photovoltaic Array Installation 9. Deflecting Issues 10. Investigation and Repair of a Leaking Travertine-Faced Precast Concrete Façade 11. Masonry Veneer Investigation in Transitional Construction Restoration 12. Exposing Exposed Concrete - Design, Construction, and Maintenance Considerations for Success 13. Hidden from View: Investigating Masonry Veneer Anchorage 14. Performance of Building Envelope Systems in South Florida: Case Studies 15. Water Intrusion Ice Damming Assessments 16. Analysis and Testing of Reset Finned Windows 17. On the Move: Case Studies of Expansive Soils and Foundation Movement 18. Foundation Damage Assessments and Structural Repairs 19. Evaluation Methods for Localized Differential Foundation Movement in Post-Tensioned Concrete Foundations 20. Service Life Prediction of Concrete Parking Structures: Case Studies 21. Steel Framed Parking Structures - 40 Years of Figuring Out What Went Wrong and How to Avoid it 22. Comparison of in situ Field Test and Laboratory Test Results for Assessment of Static and Seismic Liquefaction Susceptibility of a Tailings Dam 23. The Impacts of Aging Infrastructure and Evolving Load Conditions: Case Study of an Earth Retaining Wall Failure 24. Evaluation of Shoring Wall Failure Irving, Texas 25. Port Terminal Anchored Bulkhead Failure: A Forensic Case Study 26. Structural Assessment of In-Service Bridge-Mount-Truss Overhead Ancillary Structures in West Virginia 27. Drilled Pier Failure Investigations 28. Investigation of Restraining Rail Assembly Bolt Failure for Light Rail Track 29. Long-Term Thermal Effects on a Turn-Back Wingwall in a Semi-Integral Abutment Bridge 30. Analyses of Slope Failures Resulting during and after Construction of a Natural Gas Pipeline, Southeastern Ohio 31. Structural Review of Historic Perry Memorial Arch 32. Seepage Investigation at a Tailings Storage Facility in San Luis Potosí, Mexico - Case Study No. 1 of Rationalizing the Unusual and Unexpected 33. Analyses of Slope Failures and Development of a Reclamation Plan, Pikeview Quarry, Colorado Springs, Colorado 34. Impact of 2021 Western European Flooding on Geo-Structures 35. Determining Water Damage from Storm-Created Openings after Hurricane Florence 36. 2020 Tennessee-Arkansas Tornado Outbreak: Structural Assessments 37. Analysis of Damage Patterns from Hurricane Michael 38. Forensic Investigations into the Performance of Large-Volume, Low-Rise Buildings Affected by Hurricane Michael (2018) 39. Case Study Evaluation of Farm and Commercial Grain Bins during the August 2020 Iowa Derecho Windstorm 40. Performance of Exterior Sliding Glass Doors Subjected to Extreme Wind Pressures 41. Load Paths in Fabric Membrane Structures Informed by Failure Analysis and Monitoring of an In-Service Structure 42. Wind-Induced Failures of Flexible Structures 43. Assessment of Wind-Induced Damages to Pedestrian Bridges due to Hurricane Maria 44. Impact of Non-Synoptic Winds on Building Components 45. A Textbook Case: Wind Failure of an Insulated Tank on Alaska's North Slope and Review of Recent Changes to ASCE 7 46. Database of Damage Caused by Earthquakes in Puebla City, Mexico 47. Investigation of Damage to School Buildings from Induced Earthquakes 48. Evolution and Mitigation of the Mandaree, North Dakota, Rural Water Intake Landslide 49. Evaluation of Structural and Consequential Damage Resulting from Vehicle Impacts to Residential Structures 50. Technical and Code Aspects of Investigation of Fire Impact on Buildings and Their Occupants 51. Methodology for Assessing the Thermal Effects of a Wildfire on a Structure 52. Challenges of Repairing Wildfire Damaged Hillside Structures in California 53. Geotechnical Risk Management during Design and Construction 54. Emergency Damage Assessment: Guajataca Dam in Puerto Rico 55. Data Collection of Incidents in Dense Urban Areas 56. A Critical Assessment of Unmanned Aerial System Usage and Data Analysis in Forensic Assessment 57. Reviving a Historic Landmark: Assessment and Monitoring of "Detroit's Largest Art Object," the Iconic Fisher Building 58. Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Inspection of Bridges and Viaducts in Northeast Brazil 59. Using Models in Forensic Engineering - All Models are Wrong, but Some are Useful 60. Cloud-Based GIS Mapping Software as an Evaluation Tool for Condition Assessments 61. Computer Vision and Forensic Investigation 62. Analysis of Local News Articles in Digital (Virtual) Reconnaissance of Buildings and other Structures after Natural Hazards 63. BIM and Building Emergency Response Management: Review of Applications 64. Influence of Frequencies of Ground-Penetrating Radar Antennas on Detectability of Defects and Image Reconstructability of Concrete Structures 65. Influence of Concrete Subsurface Voids on Elastic Structural Behavior of Moment Resisting Frame: A Preliminary Study with the Use of Concrete Ultrasonic Echo Tomography 66. Using Nondestructive Test Methods to Determine Voiding in Grouted Post-Tensioned Tendons 67. Manufactured Metal Building Roof Collapse: What Actually Happened? 68. A Practical Application of Code of Ethics in Failure Case Studies 69. Cracking the Code for Wind Distress on Tile Roofs: A Regional Assessment 70. Failure Case Studies of Concrete Structures 71. Failure Prediction, Testing, and Retrofit of Open Web Steel Joists in an Undergraduate Curriculum 72. Applications of Acoustic Technologies: A Multidisciplinary Forensic Engineering Freshman Project 73. Identifying Procedural Non-Compliance and Latent Causes of Repeated Machinery Failures 74. Failure Reduction through Construction Inspections 75. Monitoring Strategies for Construction and Operation of Facilities 76. A Tale of Two Clients: Case Studies in Adjacent Construction Risk Management 77. Bearing Capacity Failure of an Excavated Footing prior to Building Moving Operations 78. Soil Settlement and Water Damage due to Adjacent Pile Installations 79. Case Studies of Construction Vibration Monitoring and Evaluation through Soil-Structure Interaction 80. Remote Ground and Building Vibration Monitoring of a Multi-Family Residential Complex during Neighboring Construction Activities 81. Risk Factors during Underpinning of Historic Structures 82. Philadelphia Building Collapse during Demolition 83. Silo Discharge Design and Construction Influences on Wall Pressures 84. Why Did These Historic Masonry Buildings Fail? 85. Long-Span Wood Trusses - Temporary Bracing and the Requirements to Prevent Catastrophic Collapse under Construction 86. Defining Structural Collapse 87. Bulkhead Failure during Construction - A Builder's Risk Dispute 88. Responsibilities of the Testifying Expert 89. The Fine Line between Ethical and Unethical: Ten Strategies for Making Ethical Decisions 90. Differing Site Conditions: Who is Responsible for the Risks of Additional Costs? 91. Listening to the Structure - Signs of Impending Collapse 92. Why Care about the Standard of Care? 93. Forensic Engineering and the Standard of Care 94. "Willful and Wanton" Conduct Opinion Testimony by Forensic Engineering Experts 95. 10 Tips on Mining Fact Witness Deposition Transcripts in Forensic Investigations 96. Assessing the Root Cause of Observed Distress 97. Beyond Silo Failures: Legal Implications and Lessons Learned 98. Why You Should Not Tell an Owner That "All Concrete Cracks" 99. Optimizing the More Effective Dispute Techniques in the Contract Phase to Find the Best Dispute Resolution 100. Typical Parking Structure Problems, Repairs, and Cost Assessment 101. Mitigating Wood-Framed Egress Stair Stringer Failures 102. Evaluation of Screw Connections in Aluminum Members 103. Investigation and Methodology Approach Forensic Study of Deteriorating Fin Fan Columns 104. Analysis of a Fire Riser Failure below a Concrete Slab-on-Grade Foundation 105. Concrete Damage Attributable to the Oxidation of Pyrrhotite 106. Wood Bowstring Trusses: Evaluating Distress through Structural Analysis 107. Permanent Bracing for Wood Trusses: Why a Building in Snow Country Cannot Survive without it 108. Evaluation and Repair of Existing Post Tensioned Concrete Slab without Original Construction Drawings 109. Testing and Repair of Concrete in the Context of Post-Fire Forensic Investigation and Structural Assessment 110. Structural Evaluation of Coconut (Coir) Fiber Reinforced Gypsum Plaster Dome 111. Fungal Ecology: Application in a Forensic Water Loss Assessment 112. Hanging Load Failures in Wood Beams 113. Metal Plate Connection Failures in Wood Trusses: Lessons Learned from Damage Investigations 114. Repair Recommendations after a Forensic Investigation 115. Which Shear Test for Bonded Concrete? 116. Structural Performance of Concrete Corners Reinforced with Different Steel Reinforced Detail under Static Loading 117. Behavior of Internally Cured Concrete under Severe Conditions 118. Aluminum Interaction with Cementitious Materials in a Coastal Environment 119. Concrete Distress Resulting from Embedded Waterstop 120. Duration of Exposure (Part 3): Plumbing and Construction Materials 121. ASR-Related Distress in Floor Finishes 122. Investigation of Alkali Silica Reaction Induced Blowups in an Airfield Runway Pavement
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