Explores the correlation between civil engineering and social science. Discussion on the case of the DC-10 aircraft and the effort of the chief engineer at Convair to illustrate the relation between engineering and social science; Significance of ethics and other social sciences in engineering.
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Vesilind, P. Aarne; Source Info: Oct2001, Vol. 127 Issue 4, p184; Subject Term: SOCIAL sciences; Subject Term: CIVIL engineering; Subject Term: ENGINEERING ethics; Subject Term: ENGINEERS; NAICS/Industry Codes: 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities; Number of Pages: 6p; Document Type: Article