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TO ENGNEER IS HUMAN BY: HENRY PETROSKI

TO ENGNEER IS HUMAN BY: HENRY PETROSKI . PRESENTED BY: Fahad Abu Saq. MAIN POINTS :. Engineering As Hypothesis. Success Is Foreseeing Failure. Design Is Getting From Here To There. Accidents Waiting To happen. Engineering As Hypothesis. Scientific Hypothesis:

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TO ENGNEER IS HUMAN BY: HENRY PETROSKI

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  1. TO ENGNEER IS HUMANBY: HENRY PETROSKI PRESENTED BY: Fahad Abu Saq

  2. MAIN POINTS: • Engineering As Hypothesis. • Success Is Foreseeing Failure. • Design Is Getting From Here To There. • Accidents Waiting To happen.

  3. Engineering As Hypothesis. • Scientific Hypothesis: Is tested by comparing its conclusions with reality of the world as it is.

  4. Success Is Foreseeing Failure.

  5. Design Is Getting From Here To There. Designing a bridge or any other large structure is not like planning a trip or a vacation The engineer may decide to copy as many seemingly good features as he can from existing designs.

  6. Accidents Waiting To happen. • The Hyatt Regency skywalks failure in Kansas City was one of the largest engineering disasters of all time: 114 people died. And over 200 were injured.

  7. “Studying failures offer different lessons than studying successes.  They are at least as important as successes.”

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