Engineering Process Failure: Hyatt Walkway Collapse
written by Robert K. Taylor and Piotr D. Moncarz (Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000, originally published 2000), 5 page(s)
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- This paper analyzes several of the causes (both human error and design flaws) of the 1981 Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, which claimed the lives of 114 people.
- Field of Interest
- Global Issues
- Author
- Robert K. Taylor, Piotr D. Moncarz
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2000 by the American Society of Civil Engineers
- Content Type
- General reference book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 2000-05-01
- Page Count
- 5
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Publisher
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- Place Published / Released
- Reston, VA
- Subject
- Global Issues, Engineering, Social Sciences, Science & Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse, Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse, Structural analysis (Engineering), Structural engineering, Civil engineering, Engineering, Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental, Engenharia Civil e Ambiental, Kansas City, MO
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental, Engenharia Civil e Ambiental