Engineering Disaster Civil Engineers build significant structures that can last more than a century‚ some of these structures such as Burj Khalifa‚ pyramids and evil towers in France can be considered as landmarks‚ because of its history and its beauty of design. Civil Engineers study the four factors of building structures to determine which tools and materials they will use in order to build permanent structures. Although engineers studying the factors and take the determination‚ there is some
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Buffalo Creek Disaster YE HAO GBL395 Summer 2014 Synopsis: One of the most significant mining disaster happened at a little valley that located in Buffalo count‚ West Virginia in February 1972. The disaster cause by a dam corruption which was used to block black water produced in mining procedures. The flood break out from the fallen dam and rush out the 17 mile valley below it‚ killed more than 100 people‚ 1000 people injured and more than 4000 people were homeless
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In 2008‚ the world experienced one of the greatest numbers of deaths from natural disasters. Some of the contributing factors included extreme weather brought about by climate change‚ as well as urbanization in vulnerable areas. The urbanisation phenomenon is a feature that is being shared by all cultures across all continents on the globe‚ it not so much a result of higher birth rates in urban areas as it is of the continuous migration of people across regions as they are lured into urban areas
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Fukushima disaster Japan is one of the most affected countries by natural disasters because of it’s geographical placement on the tectonic plates. In 2011 Japan was impacted by a monumental earthquake that caused a tsunami. This provoked the nuclear plant Fukushima Daiichi to leak radioactive material into the farm lands of Japan. Fukushima was overheating due to equipment failure‚ and loss of coolant agent. This was the result of a nuclear meltdown. It was rapidly shut down to prevent any further
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according to their website homepage. Transocean is an offshore drilling company helps companies such as BP find oil and natural gas reserves. Yet people call the oil spill the “BP oil disaster”. Due to the fact that BP was the company who was running operations‚ they are the ones to be ultimately responsible. Both BP and Transocean have taken responsibility for their actions‚ but Halliburton has denied any responsibility for this
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seconds passed‚ which was much longer for a pilot with 5 years of experience‚ to eject her seat off from the airplane. My mind was in a complete daze and was in a state of consternation. I was about to die‚ and I knew it. The scene was exactly how you could imagine it in the movies- the plane swaying side to side without proper control‚ a transient rain of burning‚ hot‚ red meteors flying from the sky which was as black as coal and the helpless pilot‚ trying to find her way out. I was definitely
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The Soyuz 11 Space Disaster: A Case Study in Engineering Disasters ENGG 123 November 20‚ 2011 ABSTRACT In 1971‚ Soyuz 11 was the first manned spaceship to contact the first space station. As the astronauts were preparing to re-enter the earth ’s atmosphere the crew cab depressurized and the astronauts were killed within seconds. This paper will discuss the events that happened and how they were investigated. It will also discuss how the disaster affected future engineering decisions regarding
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Floods There are many natural disasters that occur all over the world. Earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ tornados‚ and even volcanic eruptions are dangerous to humans and can negatively affect their lives for the worst. There is one natural disaster that some people fear the most‚ which is known as floods or flash floods. Floods have devastated the United States for centuries and have taken many lives and resources. These natural disasters have been seen in the Midwestern and Southwestern areas of the United
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My family still remembers that vacation as the “ Hilton Head Disaster”. My brother and I still agree that this vacation is still our favorite. I love when my family goes on vacations together because they are fun and very interesting. On our way to the beach‚ we stopped at Dunkin Donuts and ordered coffee and donuts. My brother got a donut that he never tried before and he did take a liking in it. He stole my donut and chomped it down so fast with his coffee. I did not get a donut and my coffee was
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Deepwater Horizon disaster. A non-rational model of decision making was utilized which directly contributed to the malfunction of equipment and the death of employees. The non-rational model attempts to explain how decisions are actually made (Kanicki & Kreitz‚ 2010). The case study focuses on how decisions are actually made rather than how they should have been. Decisions made regarding safety‚ process‚ and collaboration between companies are root causes for the crisis. Both the Garbage Can Model
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