It had been a month since the Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh’s East End collapsed, and the memory was fresh in the mind of Westmoreland County Public Works Director Greg McCloskey as he gathered his ...

Crack propagation analysis is a critical area in structural engineering that addresses the prediction and management of crack growth in materials under diverse load conditions. This field combines ...

The turbulent air above a wildfire is punishing to aircraft structures. The excessive and frequent loads place an inordinate number of loading cycles on an aircraft, leading to accelerated crack ...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is shutting down operations at the 87-year-old Terminal Island federal prison after inspectors found that crumbling concrete in underground tunnels posed a serious safety ...

The field of engineering evolves daily. The marvels of engineering far outweigh the failures/disasters. These failures and/or disasters result when engineers and designers push boundaries by building ...

More than 100,000 gallons of wastewater spilled in southeast Houston. City tap water is safe, but nearby private well users should boil or distill water.