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Noun Concept
Categories: Building defects, Articles with short description, Structural engineering, Mechanical failure modes, Materials science
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structural failure  structural integrity and failure  building collapse  Building collapses  collapse
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Structural integrity and failure is an aspect of engineering that deals with the ability of a structure to support a designed structural load without breaking and includes the study of past structural failures in order to prevent failures in future designs. Wikipedia
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Structural integrity and failure is an aspect of engineering that deals with the ability of a structure to support a designed structural load without breaking and includes the study of past structural failures in order to prevent failures in future designs. Wikipedia
A material stressed to its strength limit Wikipedia Disambiguation
Engineering event in which the structural integrity of a construction is compromised due to failure of components of the structure Wikidata
Loss of the load-carrying capacity of a component or member within a structure or of the structure itself. Structural failure is initiated when the material in a structure is stressed to its strength limit, thus causing fracture or excessive deformations. Wiktionary
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Three buildings in the World Trade Center Complex collapsed due to structural failure on the day of the attack. Wiktionary
Structural failure will occur in three minutes, 30 seconds. Wiktionary