10 reasons why bridges collapse?
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['A combination of issues. The top reason bridges fail is a mix of factors that, if they happened individually, would not cause a bridge to collapse. ... ', 'Infrastructure issues. ... ', 'Floods. ... ', 'Unexpected events. ... ', 'Accidents. ... ', 'Construction incidents. ... ', 'Design flaws and manufacturing errors. ... ', 'Fires.']
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['Fire (9/11)', 'Grounding (10/11)', 'Machinery Breakdown (1/11)', 'Product defects (2/11)', 'Professional indemnity (3/11)', 'Floods (4/11)', 'Bodily injury (5/11)', 'Storms (6/11)']
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['fainting – this can cause someone to collapse.', 'breathlessness.', 'extreme tiredness (fatigue), sometimes with confusion.', 'chest pain.', 'having a slow heart beat (bradycardia), or feeling a skipping, fluttering or pounding in your chest (palpitations)']
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['Tectonic changes – Earthquakes can cause uplift along fault lines to create fault scarps several metres high. ... ', 'Fall in sea level caused by eustatic changes – during a glacial period, water is stored on land as ice so the sea level changes.']
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Actually, London Bridge has fallen down loads of times. ... Then again, London Bridge kept partially falling down for centuries after the Romans left Britain in the fifth century. It crumbled in 1281 (due to ice damage), 1309, 1425 and 1437, and then there was a devastating fire in the seventeenth century.
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['Loss of data in the event of a disaster. ... ', 'Time and cost overruns. ... ', 'Communication gaps. ... ', 'Poor or wrong decisions. ... ', 'Missing the opportunity to delight customers. ... ', 'Losing the competitive edge. ... ', 'Loss of reputation. ... ', 'Failing to comply with legal requirements.']
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There are five major causes of extinction: habitat loss, an introduced species, pollution, population growth, and overconsumption.
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['Excessive seepage and leakage of water. ... ', 'It lowers the temperature and makes the locality damp due to the presence of irrigation water.']
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['Infrastructure Risk. Infrastructure outages such as failure of basic communications linkages can trigger process failures.', 'Information Technology Risk. The risk of technology errors or security incidents that disrupt or invalid processes.', 'Human Error. ... ', 'Workplace Safety. ... ', 'Mechanical Failure. ... ', 'Process Quality.']
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['It is becomes difficult to walk on a slippery road due to low friction. ... ', 'We can not fix nail in the wood or wall if there is no friction.']
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['they provide the structure onto which the ceiling is fixed.', 'they are the member that connects or ties the lower ends of rafter couples (pairs). Therefore, they prevent the rafters spreading and causing the roof to sag or collapse.']
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['Moisture,', 'Instability, and.', 'a lifting mechanism.']
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['Waste and combustible material being stored on site. ... ', 'Flammable liquids and vapours. ... ', 'Dust build-up. ... ', 'Objects that generate heat. ... ', 'Faulty electrical equipment. ... ', 'Overloading power sockets. ... ', 'Smoking. ... ', 'Human error and negligence.']
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Large cracks may appear because the property's foundation has shrunk or lost its strength, causing all or a part of your house to sink. This usually happens because the moisture in the soil beneath the settled section of your home is either too wet or too dry.
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['Latitude. It depends on how close or how far it is to the equator. ... ', 'Ocean currents. Certain ocean currents have different temperatures. ... ', 'Wind and air masses. Heated ground causes air to rise which results in lower air pressure. ... ', 'Elevation. ... ', 'Relief. ... ', 'Nearness to water.']
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There are six main types of bridges: beam, cantilever, arch, suspension, cable-stayed and truss bridges.
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['Falls. ... ', 'Vehicle-related collisions. ... ', 'Violence. ... ', 'Sports injuries. ... ', 'Explosive blasts and other combat injuries.']