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Collapsed Tay BridgeA selection of books is listed below on the topic of Forensic Engineering, as well as specific disasters, such as the Tay Bridge:

Bignell V and Fortune J: Understanding Systems Failures, Manchester University Press, Manchester (1984)

Brown, S (Ed): Forensic Engineering, 1st Press, Texas (1995)

Carper K L: Forensic Engineering, CRC Press, Florida (1989)

Fagan M J: Finite Element Analysis, Theory and Practice, Longman, Harlow (1992)

Feynman R P: "What do you care what other people think?", Norton, New York (1988)

Hertzberg R W: Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials, 4th edition, John Wiley, New York, (1996)

Himmelfarb, D: A Guide to Product Failures and Accidents, Technomic Publishing (1985)

Jones, D R H (ed): Failure Case Studies, Elsevier, Oxford (1996)

Jones D R H: Materials Failure Analysis: Case Studies and Design Implications, Pergamon, London (1993)

Meyers M A: Dynamic Behavior of Materials, John Wiley, New York, (1994)

Noon R: Introduction to Forensic Engineering, CRC Press, Florida (1992)

Noon R: Engineering Analysis of Fires and Explosions, CRC Press, Florida (1995)

Peterson: Stress Concentration Factors, Wiley Interscience, New York (1978)

Petroski, H: To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design, St Martins Press, New York (1984)

Prebble, J: The High Girders, Penguin, London (first published 1955)

Sanders M S and McCormick E J: Human Factors in Engineering and Design, McGraw-Hill, London (7th edn 1992)

Stewart, S: Air Disasters, Arrow, London (1986)

Swinfen, D: The Fall of the Tay Bridge, Mercat Press, Edinburgh

Verhoeven J D: ASM Metals Handbook, 9th Edition, Volume 10 Materials Characterisation, ASM, Materials Park, Ohio, (1986), pp 490-515

Versteeg H K and Malalasekera W: An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, The Finite Volume Method, Longman, Harlow (1995)

Walker P M B (Ed): Chambers Materials Science and Technology Dictionary, Chambers, Edinburgh (1993)

Wulpi D J: Understanding How Components Fail, American Society for Metals, Ohio (1985)

Young W C: Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain, McGraw-Hill, New York (6th edn 1989)

Zukas J A: Impact Dynamics, John Wiley, New York, (1982)