工程失败与工程科学:以塔科马海峡大桥事故为例  

Engineering Failure and Engineering Science:A Case Study of Tacoma Narrows Bridge

作　　者：蔚文杰 王楠 赵正松[2] Yu Wenjie;Wang Nan;Zhao Zhengsong(School of Humanities,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China;China Academy of Transportation Sciences,Beijing 100029,China)

机构地区：[1]中国科学院大学人文学院,北京100049 [2]交通运输部科学研究院,北京100029

出　　处：《工程研究（跨学科视野中的工程）》2020年第5期488-498,共11页JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING STUDIES

摘　　要：由于西方哲学重思辨轻实践的传统,工程科学和工程知识一直是哲学中“迷失的主题”,特别是鲜有关于工程知识增长的研究。工程失败是无法避免的,但它会引发工程科学家对工程科学问题的探索、促进工程科学的发展、推动工程知识的增长。以1940年美国塔科马海峡大桥事故为例,分析此次事故推动相关的理论工具、定量数据、标准与规范等几种类型工程知识的增长过程,从而揭示出工程失败对促进工程科学发展和工程知识增长的重要意义和价值。Owing to the tradition of Western philosophy that emphasizes speculation over practice,engineering science and engineering knowledge have always been a“lost theme”in philosophy,and research on the growth of engineering knowledge has not been conducted extensively.Engineering failure is inevitable;however,it makes engineering scientists explore the problems of engineering science,promote the development of engineering science,and analyze the development of engineering knowledge.Taking the accident of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940 as an example,this paper presents an analysis of the process by which the accident resulted in the growth of several types of engineering knowledge,such as theoretical tools,quantitative data,criteria,and specifications,to reveal the significance of engineering failure in promoting the development of engineering science and engineering knowledge.

关 键 词：工程失败 工程科学 工程知识 塔科马海峡大桥 

分 类 号：U447[建筑科学—桥梁与隧道工程] N03[交通运输工程—道路与铁道工程]