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title | : | Structural Failure : Technical, Legal and Insurance Aspects : Proceedings of the Founding Symposium of the International Society for Technology, Law and Insurance, 18-19 November 1993, Vienna, Austria ISTLI Special Publication ; 1 |
author | : | Rossmanith, H. P. |
publisher | : | Taylor & Francis Routledge |
isbn10 | asin | : | 0419207104 |
print isbn13 | : | 9780419207108 |
ebook isbn13 | : | 9780203237359 |
language | : | English |
subject | Structural failures--Congresses, Liability for building accidents--Congresses, Products liability--Congresses. |
publication date | : | 1996 |
lcc | : | TA656.S77 1996eb |
ddc | : | 624.1/7 |
subject | : | Structural failures--Congresses, Liability for building accidents--Congresses, Products liability--Congresses. |
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Structural Failure
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Structural Failure
Technical, Legal and Insurance Aspects
Proceedings of the Founding
Symposium of the International Society
for Technology, Law and Insurance
1819 November, 1993
Vienna, Austria
Edited by
H.P.Rossmanith
Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
and Secretary-General, International Society for Technology,
Law and Insurance
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Contents
Preface | vii |
Foreword W.Schuppich, President of DACH | ix |
Contributors | xi |
| Economic effects of ruin of systems Luciano Faria, Portugal | |
| Designing against failure Roy K.Penny, South Africa | |
| Ever diminishing concentric circles: the business outlook for engineering consultants in the litigation area Bernard Ross, USA | |
| Product liability and the expert witness: a Canadian perspective lain Le May, Canada | |
| The status of product liability in the USA J.Scott Kirkwood, USA | |
| The relationship of technology and law in civil suits in Japan Tsuneo Yamada, Japan | |
| The status of product liability in Poland Krzysztof Czerkas and Elzbieta Urbanska-Galewka, Poland | |
| Present-day Swiss legislation about product liability Titus Pachmann, Switzerland | |
| Product liabilityIn case of a license? Peter Revy von Belvard, Switzerland | |
| Forensic engineering activities in the Czech Republic Milos Drdacky, Czech Republic | |
| Some comments on risk assessment and failure analysis activities in Switzerland R.Kieselbach, Switzerland | |
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| The function of technical documentation: draft recommmendation VDI 4500 for user information C.-O.Bauer, Germany | |
| International commercial arbitration and engineering F.Schwank, Austria | |
| A role model for the validation of mathematical models and software integrity with respect to product liability Anup Puri, UK | |
| The Brazilian Experience in integrity evaluation Henner A.Gomide, Sergio N.Mannheimer and Tito L. de Silveira, Brazil | |
| Ageing, safety and legal aspects of cableways hi Austria T.Varga and E.Corazza, Austria | |
| Mechanical characterisation of pre-fatigued 2219-T87 and 6061-T6 aluminium alloys under high velocity tension M.Itabashi, K.Kawata and S.Kusaka, Japan | |
| Fatigue failures and identification of their causes Matthew Bily, Slovak Republic | |
| From a sub-critical to the critical cracka complex domain in structural stability |
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