Why did world trade center collapse? - Simple analysis

Archive of Applied Mechanics

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 802-806

  Bazant Z P ^a   Zhou, Y ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy dissipation; Failure; Impact; Plastic buckling; Tall buildings

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BEARING CAPACITY; BUCKLING; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); FLOORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TALL BUILDINGS; TOWERS;

LOAD-CARRYING CAPACITY; PLASTIC BUCKLING; WORLD TRADE CENTER;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035673956     PISSN: 09391533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004190100189     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Why did the World Trade Center collapse? - Simplified analysis