Murrah building bombing revisited: A qualitative assessment of blast damage and collapse patterns

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 330-335

  Osteraas, John D ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast loads; Collapse; Concrete, reinforced; Explosions; Progressive failures

Indexed keywords

BLAST LOADS; COLLAPSE; PROGRESSIVE FAILURES;

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); DUCTILITY; EXPLOSIONS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

BUILDING CODES;

EID: 33750098602     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2006)20:4(330)     Document Type: Article

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