Ronan Point apartment tower collapse and its effect on building codes

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-177

  Pearson, Cynthia ^a   Delatte, Norbert ^a  

^a Cleveland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Building codes; Case reports; Collapse; Forensic engineering; Structural failures

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORTS; COLLAPSE; FORENSIC ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL FAILURES;

BUILDING CODES; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONCRETES; CRACK INITIATION; LIGHTING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18144384662     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2005)19:2(172)     Document Type: Article

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