- Author
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Leyendecker, E. V.
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Ellingwood, B. R.
- Title
- Design Methods for Reducing the Risk of Progressive Collapse in Buildings. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBS BSS 098
April 1977
68 p.
- Distribution
- Available from Government Printing Office Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- IAA-H-37-72-TASK-408
- Keywords
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building codes
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buildings
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chain reactions
- Abstract
- A progressive collapse is described as a chain reaction of failures following damage to a relatively small portion of a structure. The damage which results characteristically is out of proportion to the damage which initiated the collapse.