Instruction
1) Write a two-page paper on a structural failure (both single spaced and double
spaced papers are accepted). Discuss the following:
a. What failed
b. Why did it fail
c. What engineering lesson was learned
Do not use the World Trade Center, Minneapolis Bridge failure, Tacoma Narrows
Bridge failure or Hyatt Hotel Balcony collapse.
Also add all your references.
2) Read the LA Times November 2, 2014 article on the Wilshire Grand building
(Handout 3) Built to defy severe quakes, the New Wilshire Grand is seismically
chic (http://graphics.latimes.com/wilshire-grand-earthquakes/) and write a onepage
paper summarizing the structural system and other structural design
attributes of the building. Summarize what you learned from this article.