There are categories of failure though. Those not only tell you where to look but give you starting points and substitutions.
Substitute one set of problems for a better known set, and go from there. When engineering figures out how to solve the less known set, then you can do something “new”.
Today you might solve liquefaction by running pillars to bedrock and then design for earthquake damage caused by being anchored to bedrock.
Some day you might use the Dutch trick of building houses that can float instead.
Substitute one set of problems for a better known set, and go from there. When engineering figures out how to solve the less known set, then you can do something “new”.
Today you might solve liquefaction by running pillars to bedrock and then design for earthquake damage caused by being anchored to bedrock.
Some day you might use the Dutch trick of building houses that can float instead.