Lessons learned on improving resistance of buildings to terrorist attacks

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 68-78

  Corley, W Gene ^a,b  

^a Materials Technology Division   (United States)

^b FEMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blasting; Collapse; Explosion; New York; New York City; Oklahoma; Structural reliability; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE; NEW YORK CITY; OKLAHOMA; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; TERRORISM;

AIRCRAFT; BENDING STRENGTH; BLASTING; EARTHQUAKES; EXPLOSIONS; FIRES; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REDUNDANCY; REINFORCEMENT; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

STRUCTURAL MEMBERS;

EID: 13944278959     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2004)18:2(68)     Document Type: Article

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