Balconies in Maastricht
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(2023)
Author(s)
Karel C. Terwel (TU Delft - Applied Mechanics)
Research Group
Applied Mechanics
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https://doi.org/10.2749/cs004.ch04
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Publication Year
2023
Language
English
Research Group
Applied Mechanics
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Volume number
4
Pages (from-to)
29-38
Publisher
IABSE
ISBN (print)
978-3-85748-194-9
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['978-3-85748-196-3', '978-3-85748-195-6']
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Abstract
This chapter focuses on human and organisational factors that are usually behind the technical cause of failure. This is illustrated by a case of the collapse of five balconies in 2003 in Maastricht (The Netherlands) resulting in two fatalities.
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