Ways That Engineers Manage Failure: Deflection

Update: 2021-09-30

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In construction, or after the fact in the permanent structure, engineers are predicting structural behavior and trying to either control a failure or minimize it. Herein are ways engineers engineer failure in both instances – via deflection.

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Ways That Engineers Manage Failure: Deflection

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Ways That Engineers Manage Failure: Deflection

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Ways That Engineers Manage Failure: Deflection