The Oklahoma city bombing: Analysis of blast damage to the murrah building

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 113-119

  Mlakar Sr , Paul F ^a   Gene Corley, W ^b   Sozen, Mete A ^c   Thornton, Charles H ^d  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^b Lab Inc ^*  (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THORNTON TOMASETTI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLAST RESISTANCE; EXPLOSIVES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; TOLUENE;

BLAST DAMAGE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032141765     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)0887-3828(1998)12:3(113)     Document Type: Article

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