ROLE OF THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IN
STRUCTURAL FAILURE
INVESTIGATING
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STEPS TO INVESTIGATE STRUCTURAL FAILURE
Acquisition
Analysis
&
Hypothesis
Reason Behind
Report Making
· Data
· Data
· Testing
Implementing
· Concluding The
Failure ·
1
DATA ACQUISITION
In this step post, the structural collapse has occurred the available data is carefully acquired by a structural forensic engineer to inspect the samples and evidence available.
A panel of structural engineers helps to scrutinize and analyse the data available to draw up hypotheses that may have caused the failure of the structure. Here, the hypothesis regarding failure is drawn up.
DATA ANALYSIS
TESTING & ELIMINATING HYPOTHESIS
In this step, various hypotheses drawn up by the team of structural forensic engineers are tested by various means and methods. Here, hypotheses are tested and eliminated as well.
CONCLUDING THE REASON BEHIND FAILURE
In this step of the structural assessment, here the panel of structural engineers decides upon the reason that might have caused the failure of the structure.
REPORT MAKING
It is the post-investigation step a final report is made up. The said report is sent to various agencies and even legal agencies as well.
some of the steps that are to investigate structural y structural engineers in ueensland.
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