The goal of the project is to choose five engineering structural failures and analyze why and how they failed. In performing the analysis, the following topics will be researched and discussed: materials and systems used, causes of the failures, ramifications of the failure, and lessons learned both technically and ethically. The engineering failures that are in contention for research are: Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Chernobyl, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster, Boston Molasses Disaster, and BP Oil Spill. Through the research that we conducted, it can be deduced that the reason for the failures consisted of: engineers ignorance of aerodynamics, flawed reactor design as well as untrained employees, not accounting enough for natural disasters, ignorance of temperature fluctuations, and faulty design respectively. All of the disasters had effects stem from them whether it be putting new laws into place, causing disease, or harming the ecosystem surrounding it.
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