Use of high-efficiency energy absorbing device to arrest progressive collapse of tall building

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1177-1187

  Zhou, Qing ^a   Yu, T X ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Buildings; Collapse; Energy absorption; Failures; High rise; Honeycomb structures; Impact loads

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CIVIL ENGINEERING; ENERGY TRANSFER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DESIGN PARAMETERS; WORLD TRADE CENTER;

MECHANICS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXPLOSION;

EID: 8644254980     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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