Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke

publications by Henry Petroski.


Papers Published

  1. Petroski, H., Successful design as failure analysis, COMPASS '87 - Computer Assurance. Computer Systems Integrity: Process Security and Software Safety (Cat. No.87TH0196-6) (1987), pp. 46 - 8 .
    (last updated on 2007/04/09)

    Abstract:
    The role of failure considerations in successful design is discussed. The argument is illustrated for the case of the suspension bridge

    Keywords:
    systems analysis;

 

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