About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 220. Chapters: Electric power blackouts, Engineering failures, Mechanical failure modes, Semiconductor device defects, Communication during the September 11 attacks, Boston Molasses Disaster, Forensic engineering, Aviation accidents and incidents, Network congestion, Northeast Blackout of 1965, Global storm activity of early 2010, Global storm activity of mid 2010, Global storm activity of 2009, Global storm activity of late 2010, Carmen, Hindenburg disaster, Failure modes of electronics, Northeast Blackout of 2003, List of power outages, Aggie Bonfire, Buncefield fire, Civil engineering and infrastructure repair in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Radiation hardening, Electromigration, Winter of 2010-2011 in Europe, Uncontrolled decompression, Salton Sea, PS General Slocum, 2008 submarine cable disruption, Piper Alpha, Rolling blackout, New York City blackout of 1977, Buckling, Gerrards Cross Tunnel, Great Storm of 1987, Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, Byford Dolphin, New River, Structural failure, Thermal runaway, HMS Captain, Polymer degradation, Big Dig ceiling collapse, Sneak circuit analysis, Tay Bridge disaster, Burnishing, Studenka train disaster, 2006 Queens blackout, Casco class monitor, Crocodile cracking, MV Derbyshire, Westinghouse J40, Flixborough disaster, Catastrophic optical damage, 2009 Brazil and Paraguay blackout, Life-critical system, 2010 Boston water emergency, Clyde Arc, Hot carriers injection, Lake Peigneur, Ice storm of December 2005, Cave Creek disaster, Nicoll Highway collapse, 2010 Chile blackout, Versailles rail accident, March 1989 geomagnetic storm, March 2008 Manhattan construction crane collapse, Impact, IPv6 brokenness and DNS whitelisting, 2003 London blackout, List of LED failure modes, Latchup, Negative bias temperature instability, Twin Shaft Disaster, Knox Mine di...
