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Author
Clifton, G. C.
Title
Elaboration on Aspects of the Postulated Collapse of the World Trade Center Twin Towers.
Coporate
Heavy Engineering Research Association (Inc.), New Zealand
Keywords
World Trade Center | building collapse | building construction | damage | high rise buildings | impact | structural systems | structural designs | terrorists | terrorism
Identifiers
World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; structural load distribution before impact; assumptions made about the structural system design; postulated structural load distribution in the North Tower following impact; how severe were the effects of the fires