Why did the world trade center collapse?-Simple analysis

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 2-6

  Baant, Zdenk P ^a,b   Zhou, Yong ^b  

^a ASCE ^*

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Buildings; Collapse; Disasters; High rise; New York; New York City; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TALL BUILDINGS;

LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY;

STRUCTURAL MEMBERS;

COLLAPSE;

EID: 0036170353     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2002)128:1(2)     Document Type: Article

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1. Massive assault doomed towers