A Green Light for Predicting Failure

Failure may be an opportunity for growth, but I don't want to be anywhere near the collapsing bridge or malfunctioning airplane that everyone else learns from. When it comes to structural failure, the best place to learn about it is in the lab and the best time to detect it is well before it happens. Cars rest on the collapsed portion of I-35W Mississippi River bridge, after the August 1st, 2007 collapse that killed 13 and injured 145. One of the steel components was likely too thin and failed u...